I frequently monitor several atlases of South American cactaceae. Today I found this one which wasn’t marked but shows a RG observation outside of the atlas range. The observation is incorrectly identified, it’s actually Cumulopuntia leucophaea, but I’ll leave uncorrected for now.
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I’m pretty sure that feature has been broken for over a year–see https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/atlas-marking-doesnt-persist/7946
In that case do atlases still serve a purpose?
Yes, although I mostly only use them for taxon splits…
They can also be used as a fast way to populate place checklists.
You can still check them manually, although that’s not nearly as useful when you’re trying to curate a large group of species. And as others have pointed out, they’re essential for managing certain taxon splits in a reasonable fashion, and it’s much easier to add to multiple place checklists through the atlas interface.