Hello, i joined about 5 months ago and was quite active ( my observarions ). I still have some open questions where i did not find answers in the Help or Forum. They might be considered “common knowledge”, but i have autism and it helps me a lot to have precise and detailed instructions. Maybe they a…

#13 This certainly can happen. Check your mailbox in iNat daily ;-)

From my perspective, most of your questions relate somewhat indirectly to your #9, except that I would modify it from, “What are questions scientists want to answer with the collected data?” to a more general, “What questions can a given observation, or approach, answer?”. The odd thing about data …

As others have said, there is no overarching rule that dictates how, when, and what you “should” observe. That doesn’t mean there is no goal, but I’m pretty sure that all long-term iNaturalist users set their own goals, because pursuing them is satisfying. Some “rules” I follow, to illustrate how …

[image] davidak: What exactly is my task as an observer? What is the goal of the project? (The kind of answer i want here might become more clear with the following questions.) Your task as an observer is to upload photos of organisms with accurate locations and dates. That’s all. Photos th…

#9. We really can’t predict what scientists will want to learn from the data. Obviously, most questions involve mapping and changes in species distributions. Some involve phenology, when things happen, like when insects emerge or flowers bloom. Some are questions about variation within a species …

Thanks everyone for the responses! [image] tiwane: Many of these topics have been discussed quite a hit on the forum. Have you searched the forum at all? I already read a lot in the forum, but did not search for these specific questions. Sorry. And thanks for the links! [image] tiwane: t…

If you need guidance, I recommend looking for projects that are in need of observers. There are definitely organisms and places that could use more observation data. Projects like these may be a good place to start: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/search?utf8=✓&q=germany

If you want to get even more involved with research, here is a list of researchers/projects who are looking for specimens (probably a bit outdated): https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/opportunities-to-assist-researchers-wiki/16615 Other than that I tend to agree with @egordon88 ’s first suggestion - th…

In regards to your first question, since you’re not satisfied with answers of ‘do what you like’ I’ll just say Strive to have high quality observations. Sure, not every picture is going to be good, and sometimes you can get a good id off of a bad picture (especially with birds and mammals) but ther…

I know some specific research projects looking for people to observe and collect specimens but they are all in the US. Sorry :slightly_frowning_face: They are all either for fungi/mushrooms or insect galls. Maybe you can find scientists researching those in your country. An alternate idea: https://…

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