zabdiel
September 28, 2020, 10:58am
81
Yes, I agree with this. I’m not sure how many people are aware that iNat observations can become research grade without a species id (by clicking that the id “it’s as good as it can be” in DQA).
barnabywalters:
Here’s a useful tip
Oh, that’s great. I do often do what @sedgequeen suggests. There are advantages to working through one species or genus but for me that’s a bit haphazard as there are lots of things I’ll forget about.
barnabywalters:
Make a list of species (or taxa) you can confidently identify
Suggestion for anyone else doing this: if you’re adding a species which doesn’t have any close relatives (or close relatives in the geographical area you’ll be looking at) then go a step or two up the taxonomic tree. e.g. in the UK add “Hedgehogs” rather than “European Hedgehog” (our only species) so you pick up misidentifications & genus level ids.
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I echo @whaichi on this: setting the locations to private has a huge influence. It makes it much harder/less likely for likely identifiers to find your observations. Going to your profile now I see 9/10 are research grade… I guess this post did the trick :)
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Yes, I agree with this. I’m not sure how many people are aware that iNat observations can become research grade without a species id (by clicking that the id “it’s as good as it can be” in DQA).
I had no idea you could do this. Such a useful tip for cases where genetic evidence is necessary to get to species level.
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rowan_m
November 18, 2020, 8:13pm
84
You can bookmark this page, which has some copy-paste text you can use to ask new users to do things like add a coarse ID.
https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/responses
lera
November 19, 2020, 6:39pm
85
The ‘text blaze’ extension on Chrome can be used as a way of giving “frequent responses” with a few key strokes
(e.g. typing “/date” for me --> Hi - the observation date (date you took the photo) has gone missing from this record, could you add it please? More people will then see the record for possible identification )
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tiwane
November 19, 2020, 8:36pm
86
Yeah, I’m using Text Expander to do the same thing, it’s been so helpful!
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This is a genius idea. While I use Safari instead of Chrome, the same idea works by going to System Preferences → Keyboard → Text, then adding a bunch of frequently used responses.
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Per @zabdiel
Double quote on @Sedgequeen :” The one serious problem I see with not getting things identified quickly: discouraging beginners”
I think that is a pretty strong argument.
Still, as a very naive beginning user of the iPhone app, I was rather ~surprised~ to find other people ~could~ and ~might want to~ ID my photos. It never occurred to me I was doing anything other than feeding my pic into a nameless, uncaring database. And, I was fine with that… it was citizen science!
Of course, now it is so much more interesting to see the evolution of a nameless little bug making it, with luck, to species. Or, even Family.
I remember one of my first obs was a mosquito with (I thought) extra long legs. Months later, I was pretty tickled to learn it was a “Culex” !!! Whew! Imagine that! A culex! And I here I was just thinking it was a weird looking mosquito.”
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This thread is one of the reasons I do more IDing than observing.
And I agree with the WrOP, in that people can get discouraged and leave. Before I discovered iNat, I was looking for a way to learn some Caribbean plants. I found a website that was specifically for that; but in several pages of photos, all were unidentified – it appeared that the only users were observers, not identifiers. Not useful as a learning tool, and I didn’t go back.
At this stage in my life, I’m just more interested in IDing than uploading observations.
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I may have missed it, but is there a way of finding out which areas of the world have the largest proportion of Unknown records / new users / backlog that needs clearing? What would you suggest would be most helpful?
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You can get a general idea by going to the “Explore” page, clicking on the “Unknown” icon category. It also includes things like bacteria and fungi, but those make up a small number compared to the sheer amount of unknowns, then looking at the map view.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&iconic_taxa=unknown
In general, places with a lot of observations have a lot of unknown observations. So generally speaking, this would probably be like North America, Europe, as well as some spots like Hong Kong and Taiwan that are observation-dense.
pisum
December 11, 2020, 1:31am
92
at a country level, this will give you number of verifiable records:
https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNat_countries.html?verifiable=true&stats=observations
… and this will give you number of verifiable unknown records:
https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNat_countries.html?verifiable=true&iconic_taxa=unknown&stats=observations
once you have both data sets, you could calculate the proportion of verifiable unknown to verifiable records… or you modify the parameters above to filter by submit date range, needs ID, etc… whatever floats your boat.
UPDATE: i ran the numbers for unknown verifiable vs all verifiable:
ID
Alpha-2 Code
Name
Parent Place
Wikidata ID
Population
Area (sq km)
Unknown Verifiable
All Verifiable
Percent Unknown of Verifiable
8358
SC
Seychelles
Africa
Q1042
95,843
459
960
7,190
13.35%
8515
NE
Niger
Africa
Q1032
21,477,348
1,267,000.00
235
2,601
9.03%
10311
PM
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
North America
Q34617
6,057
242
9
109
8.26%
10282
AX
Åland
Europe
Q5689
28,983
1,580.00
68
1,201
5.66%
8509
BJ
Benin
Africa
Q962
11,175,692
114,763.00
1,230
22,526
5.46%
7985
GS
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Q35086
30
3,718.00
70
1,699
4.12%
8051
DK
Denmark
Europe
Q756617
5,930,987
2,220,930.00
15,015
370,858
4.05%
51356
BL
Saint-Barthélemy
North America
Q25362
9,625
25
8
218
3.67%
6783
BO
Bolivia
South America
Q750
11,051,600
1,098,581.00
3,254
91,712
3.55%
10290
FO
Faroe Islands
Europe
Q4628
52,154
1,399.00
76
2,562
2.97%
6873
PH
Philippines
Asia
Q928
100,981,437
343,448.00
2,008
77,762
2.58%
7218
SO
Somalia
Africa
Q1045
11,031,386
637,657.00
10
421
2.38%
7141
NG
Nigeria
Africa
Q1033
190,886,311
923,768.00
163
6,980
2.34%
8516
TG
Togo
Africa
Q945
7,797,694
56,785.00
16
725
2.21%
96773
Northern Cyprus
Europe
16
906
1.77%
6931
DO
Dominican Republic
North America
Q786
10,403,761
48,670.80
537
32,409
1.66%
7887
TW
Taiwan
Asia
Q865
23,593,794
36,193.00
10,740
673,215
1.60%
8858
RO
Romania
Europe
Q218
19,586,539
238,397.00
460
29,851
1.54%
10301
MO
Macao
Asia
Q14773
566,375
115.3
175
11,669
1.50%
10304
MS
Montserrat
North America
Q13353
5,215
102
2
135
1.48%
7305
LY
Libya
Africa
Q1016
6,678,567
1,759,541.00
3
210
1.43%
7846
ML
Mali
Africa
Q912
18,541,980
1,240,192.00
13
911
1.43%
8177
GP
Guadeloupe
North America
Q17012
390,253
1,628.00
51
3,619
1.41%
7143
SZ
Eswatini
Africa
Q1050
1,124,753
17,364.00
204
14,560
1.40%
7506
NL
Netherlands
Europe
Q55
17,282,163
41,543.00
2,854
207,431
1.38%
10317
VC
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
North America
Q757
109,897
389
13
950
1.37%
8265
EE
Estonia
Europe
Q191
1,324,820
45,339.00
180
13,719
1.31%
10283
AG
Antigua and Barbuda
North America
Q781
102,012
440.3
20
1,550
1.29%
7357
QA
Qatar
Asia
Q846
2,639,211
11,437.00
14
1,089
1.29%
6753
FR
France
Europe
Q142
66,628,000
643,801.00
8,356
695,611
1.20%
7563
SV
El Salvador
North America
Q792
6,420,746
20,742.00
247
20,602
1.20%
7008
BE
Belgium
Europe
Q31
11,431,406
30,528.00
2,228
191,825
1.16%
8264
CZ
Czechia
Europe
Q213
10,693,939
78,866.00
2,360
207,246
1.14%
7003
PA
Panama
North America
Q804
4,098,587
74,177.30
1,648
144,872
1.14%
7578
BY
Belarus
Europe
Q184
9,408,400
207,600.50
711
62,569
1.14%
10295
IO
British Indian Ocean Territory
Asia
Q43448
4,000
1
89
1.12%
9445
CV
Cape Verde
Africa
Q1011
546,388
4,033.00
24
2,148
1.12%
7020
FI
Finland
Europe
Q33
5,501,043
338,424.40
2,311
215,178
1.07%
9184
DM
Dominica
North America
Q784
73,925
751.1
23
2,394
0.96%
7196
CO
Colombia
South America
Q739
49,065,615
1,141,748.00
4,167
434,177
0.96%
10300
LC
Saint Lucia
North America
Q760
178,844
617
19
2,048
0.93%
8240
MT
Malta
Europe
Q233
465,292
316
25
2,718
0.92%
7016
NO
Norway
Europe
Q20
5,367,580
385,207.00
662
72,126
0.92%
7254
PY
Paraguay
South America
Q733
6,811,297
406,756.00
83
9,114
0.91%
7399
HU
Hungary
Europe
Q28
9,769,526
93,011.40
218
24,300
0.90%
10284
BH
Bahrain
Asia
Q398
1,492,584
765
7
783
0.89%
6793
MX
Mexico
North America
Q96
130,526,945
1,972,550.00
22,602
2,545,423
0.89%
1303
VE
Venezuela
South America
Q717
28,515,829
916,445.00
114
12,974
0.88%
10285
BB
Barbados
North America
Q244
285,719
439
27
3,073
0.88%
10305
MQ
Martinique
North America
Q17054
372,594
1,128.00
95
10,981
0.87%
8227
MC
Monaco
Europe
Q235
38,695
2
2
232
0.86%
8748
JM
Jamaica
North America
Q766
2,890,299
10,991.90
69
8,021
0.86%
7064
SD
Sudan
Africa
Q1049
40,533,330
1,886,068.00
2
235
0.85%
7358
SA
Saudi Arabia
Asia
Q851
33,000,000
2,250,000.00
25
2,941
0.85%
8510
BF
Burkina Faso
Africa
Q965
19,193,382
274,200.00
20
2,360
0.85%
7783
MG
Madagascar
Africa
Q1019
25,570,895
587,295.00
632
75,358
0.84%
6774
ES
Spain
Europe
Q29
46,733,038
505,990.00
4,096
498,540
0.82%
10297
KN
Saint Kitts and Nevis
North America
Q763
55,345
269.4
42
5,196
0.81%
7312
TN
Tunisia
Africa
Q948
11,565,204
163,610.00
21
2,702
0.78%
7142
RW
Rwanda
Africa
Q1037
12,208,407
26,338.00
24
3,095
0.78%
8226
AD
Andorra
Europe
Q228
76,177
468
9
1,185
0.76%
7526
HT
Haiti
North America
Q790
10,981,229
27,750.00
32
4,258
0.75%
6737
JP
Japan
Asia
Q17
126,785,797
377,972.30
1,079
147,184
0.73%
8004
CI
Côte d’Ivoire
Africa
Q1008
24,294,750
322,463.00
10
1,393
0.72%
6940
GT
Guatemala
North America
Q774
17,263,239
108,889.00
190
27,080
0.70%
8267
SK
Slovakia
Europe
Q214
5,397,036
49,035.00
208
30,507
0.68%
7355
KW
Kuwait
Asia
Q817
4,600,000
17,818.00
59
8,826
0.67%
7106
BI
Burundi
Africa
Q967
10,864,245
27,834.00
3
463
0.65%
6857
GB
United Kingdom
Europe
Q145
66,022,273
242,495.40
8,310
1,293,598
0.64%
7094
GR
Greece
Europe
Q41
10,760,421
131,957.00
742
116,777
0.64%
10291
GG
Guernsey
Europe
Q25230
65,345
78
6
971
0.62%
7800
PL
Poland
Europe
Q36
38,382,576
312,683.00
805
131,641
0.61%
7183
TR
Turkey
Asia
Q43
82,003,882
783,562.10
289
47,551
0.61%
1
US
United States
North America
Q30
328,239,523
9,826,675.00
171,677
28,985,881
0.59%
6712
CA
Canada
North America
Q16
37,894,799
9,984,670.00
24,288
4,133,292
0.59%
6847
VN
Vietnam
Asia
Q881
94,660,000
331,690.00
223
38,802
0.57%
7359
AE
United Arab Emirates
Asia
Q878
9,400,145
83,600.00
80
14,346
0.56%
10296
JE
Jersey
Europe
Q785
105,500
118.2
13
2,357
0.55%
6973
IT
Italy
Europe
Q38
60,317,000
301,338.00
4,091
789,638
0.52%
7042
KE
Kenya
Africa
Q114
48,468,138
581,309.00
317
61,649
0.51%
7182
CL
Chile
South America
Q298
18,054,726
756,102.00
575
119,843
0.48%
6986
ZA
South Africa
Africa
Q258
59,622,350
1,221,037.00
5,229
1,118,401
0.47%
10281
AI
Anguilla
North America
Q25228
16,086
91
2
431
0.46%
7122
PT
Portugal
Europe
Q45
10,600,000
92,212.00
1,414
307,554
0.46%
7315
TC
Turks and Caicos Islands
North America
Q18221
33,098
417
8
1,788
0.45%
8050
LV
Latvia
Europe
Q211
1,909,000
64,589.00
26
5,848
0.44%
9753
PS
Palestine
Asia
Q219060
4,684,777
27,000.00
14
3,240
0.43%
7306
MA
Morocco
Africa
Q1028
36,029,138
710,850.00
50
11,704
0.43%
8241
BG
Bulgaria
Europe
Q219
7,000,039
110,993.60
103
24,826
0.41%
7512
EC
Ecuador
South America
Q736
16,624,858
283,560.00
1,828
449,768
0.41%
7342
KZ
Kazakhstan
Asia
Q232
18,276,500
2,724,900.00
77
19,738
0.39%
7300
DZ
Algeria
Africa
Q262
41,318,142
2,381,741.00
97
25,131
0.39%
7599
SE
Sweden
Europe
Q34
10,373,225
528,861.10
377
98,441
0.38%
7353
SJ
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Europe
Q842829
9
2,406
0.37%
7375
TT
Trinidad and Tobago
South America
Q754
1,369,125
5,128.00
101
27,621
0.37%
7313
BS
Bahamas
North America
Q778
395,361
13,878.00
44
12,248
0.36%
9992
GD
Grenada
North America
Q769
107,825
348.5
5
1,400
0.36%
8638
BM
Bermuda
North America
Q23635
65,024
53
8
2,268
0.35%
7054
CD
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Africa
Q974
86,790,567
2,344,858.00
48
13,704
0.35%
7074
TD
Chad
Africa
Q657
15,477,751
1,284,000.00
3
889
0.34%
6878
BR
Brazil
South America
Q155
210,147,125
8,515,767.00
1,498
455,014
0.33%
10306
YT
Mayotte
Africa
Q17063
256,518
374
6
1,825
0.33%
6903
CN
China
Asia
Q148
1,409,517,397
9,596,961.00
425
130,085
0.33%
10318
VG
British Virgin Islands
North America
Q25305
31,758
153
6
1,860
0.32%
51360
MF
Saint-Martin
North America
Q126125
35,684
53.2
2
625
0.32%
7133
MR
Mauritania
Africa
Q1025
4,420,184
1,030,700.00
1
322
0.31%
7513
PE
Peru
South America
Q419
29,381,884
1,285,216.00
359
118,367
0.30%
7259
UY
Uruguay
South America
Q77
3,456,750
176,215.00
52
17,368
0.30%
8268
BA
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe
Q225
3,507,017
51,197.00
10
3,440
0.29%
10411
SX
Sint Maarten
North America
Q26273
37,132
34
4
1,376
0.29%
6924
CR
Costa Rica
North America
Q800
4,905,769
51,100.00
751
262,383
0.29%
6968
UG
Uganda
Africa
Q1036
42,862,958
241,038.00
49
17,389
0.28%
8504
WS
Samoa
Oceania
Q683
196,440
2,842.00
2
716
0.28%
7833
JO
Jordan
Asia
Q810
10,428,241
89,341.00
15
5,518
0.27%
10408
CW
Curaçao
South America
Q25279
160,337
444
16
6,299
0.25%
51754
SS
South Sudan
Africa
Q958
12,575,714
619,745.30
1
402
0.25%
6734
SG
Singapore
Asia
Q334
5,888,926
719.1
336
138,222
0.24%
6681
IN
India
Asia
Q668
1,326,093,247
3,287,263.00
1,182
496,603
0.24%
8228
SI
Slovenia
Europe
Q215
2,066,880
20,273.00
66
29,181
0.23%
7055
EG
Egypt
Africa
Q79
94,798,827
1,010,407.90
28
12,480
0.22%
7140
NA
Namibia
Africa
Q1030
2,533,794
825,615.00
72
32,259
0.22%
6718
IE
Ireland
Europe
Q27
4,761,865
70,273.00
88
39,750
0.22%
7228
GH
Ghana
Africa
Q117
26,908,262
238,535.00
16
7,848
0.20%
7100
AO
Angola
Africa
Q916
29,784,193
1,246,700.00
11
5,481
0.20%
8859
ME
Montenegro
Europe
Q236
622,359
13,812.00
13
6,591
0.20%
7147
RS
Serbia
Europe
Q403
7,022,268
88,361.00
44
23,252
0.19%
6748
PF
French Polynesia
Oceania
Q30971
275,918
4,167.00
11
5,878
0.19%
8266
LT
Lithuania
Europe
Q37
2,790,842
65,300.00
218
120,418
0.18%
6803
NZ
New Zealand
Oceania
Q664
4,942,500
268,021.00
1,620
898,632
0.18%
7207
DE
Germany
Europe
Q183
83,149,300
357,400.00
1,420
798,427
0.18%
6953
BZ
Belize
North America
Q242
374,681
22,966.00
68
38,255
0.18%
7841
TO
Tonga
Oceania
Q678
108,020
748.5
1
565
0.18%
7002
KH
Cambodia
Asia
Q424
16,005,373
181,035.00
39
22,227
0.18%
7352
UZ
Uzbekistan
Asia
Q265
33,570,609
448,978.00
4
2,283
0.18%
10289
CY
Cyprus
Europe
Q229
1,141,166
9,242.50
15
8,713
0.17%
6992
MM
Myanmar
Asia
Q836
53,370,609
676,577.20
8
4,710
0.17%
7333
NF
Norfolk Island
Oceania
Q31057
1,748
34.6
1
589
0.17%
8357
MU
Mauritius
Africa
Q1027
1,264,613
2,040.00
8
4,741
0.17%
96774
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Europe
4
2,393
0.17%
7190
AR
Argentina
South America
Q414
44,938,712
2,780,400.00
477
288,272
0.17%
6925
NI
Nicaragua
North America
Q811
6,217,581
130,375.00
51
31,125
0.16%
7278
IS
Iceland
Europe
Q189
357,050
103,004.00
31
19,069
0.16%
8505
AL
Albania
Europe
Q222
3,020,209
28,748.00
23
14,562
0.16%
10292
GI
Gibraltar
Europe
Q1410
33,140
6.8
1
636
0.16%
6744
AU
Australia
Oceania
Q408
24,511,800
7,692,024.00
2,587
1,684,030
0.15%
10303
MK
Macedonia
Europe
Q221
2,075,301
25,713.00
5
3,299
0.15%
8356
CF
Central African Republic
Africa
Q929
4,659,080
622,984.00
1
667
0.15%
7001
LA
Laos
Asia
Q819
6,858,160
236,800.00
12
8,065
0.15%
10314
TL
East Timor
Asia
Q574
1,296,311
14,918.70
6
4,120
0.15%
10302
MD
Moldova
Europe
Q217
2,550,900
33,846.00
2
1,382
0.14%
8514
LR
Liberia
Africa
Q1014
4,731,906
111,369.00
2
1,440
0.14%
8206
IQ
Iraq
Asia
Q796
38,274,618
437,072.00
5
3,610
0.14%
7046
CG
Republic of Congo
Africa
Q971
5,260,750
342,000.00
5
3,625
0.14%
7146
ZW
Zimbabwe
Africa
Q954
16,529,904
390,757.00
25
18,333
0.14%
7134
MZ
Mozambique
Africa
Q1029
29,668,834
801,590.00
16
12,409
0.13%
10298
null
Kosovo
Europe
7
5,678
0.12%
10322
FM
Federated States of Micronesia
Oceania
Q702
105,544
702
2
1,661
0.12%
7546
CM
Cameroon
Africa
Q1009
24,053,727
475,442.00
14
11,768
0.12%
7704
GL
Greenland
North America
Q223
56,081
2,166,086.00
3
2,568
0.12%
7838
BN
Brunei
Asia
Q921
428,697
5,765.30
3
2,640
0.11%
7155
MY
Malaysia
Asia
Q833
31,624,264
330,290.00
256
227,525
0.11%
8834
RE
Reunion
Africa
Q17070
853,659
2,512.00
9
8,009
0.11%
7690
FK
Falkland Islands
South America
Q9648
4,550
12,200.00
2
1,795
0.11%
7707
BT
Bhutan
Asia
Q917
807,610
38,394.00
16
14,606
0.11%
8359
AW
Aruba
South America
Q21203
102,911
178.9
3
2,892
0.10%
8860
UA
Ukraine
Europe
Q212
42,558,328
603,629.00
167
164,584
0.10%
6815
IL
Israel
Asia
Q801
9,093,000
20,770.00
68
67,950
0.10%
7346
KG
Kyrgyzstan
Asia
Q813
6,201,500
199,951.00
3
3,014
0.10%
10299
LB
Lebanon
Asia
Q822
6,100,075
10,452.00
3
3,087
0.10%
10294
IM
Isle of Man
Europe
Q9676
85,888
572
3
3,143
0.10%
7827
SR
Suriname
South America
Q730
563,402
163,270.00
7
7,353
0.10%
7144
TZ
Tanzania
Africa
Q924
57,310,019
947,303.00
52
55,413
0.09%
7320
PW
Palau
Oceania
Q695
21,729
465.6
6
6,409
0.09%
7154
BD
Bangladesh
Asia
Q902
164,669,751
147,570.00
6
6,417
0.09%
6845
SN
Senegal
Africa
Q1041
15,850,567
196,722.00
5
5,387
0.09%
8360
BQ
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
North America
Q27561
25,019
322
7
8,207
0.09%
8196
HR
Croatia
Europe
Q224
4,105,493
56,594.00
41
50,205
0.08%
7487
SL
Sierra Leone
Africa
Q1044
7,557,212
71,740.00
1
1,243
0.08%
7613
HK
Hong Kong
Asia
Q8646
7,500,700
2,755.00
358
483,837
0.07%
7082
VU
Vanuatu
Oceania
Q686
276,244
12,190.00
2
2,731
0.07%
7356
OM
Oman
Asia
Q842
4,829,480
309,500.00
4
5,626
0.07%
6966
ID
Indonesia
Asia
Q252
270,625,568
1,904,570.00
141
200,577
0.07%
8207
SY
Syria
Asia
Q858
18,269,868
185,180.00
1
1,456
0.07%
8057
AT
Austria
Europe
Q40
8,809,212
83,879.00
153
223,431
0.07%
7488
KY
Cayman Islands
North America
Q5785
58,435
264
4
6,004
0.07%
6967
TH
Thailand
Asia
Q869
65,931,550
513,119.50
58
87,875
0.07%
8425
MV
Maldives
Asia
Q826
436,330
298
4
6,203
0.06%
7083
NC
New Caledonia
Oceania
Q33788
278,500
18,576.00
11
17,172
0.06%
8857
GE
Georgia
Asia
Q230
3,717,100
69,700.00
13
20,515
0.06%
7105
BW
Botswana
Africa
Q963
2,291,661
581,737.00
29
48,160
0.06%
7112
GA
Gabon
Africa
Q1000
2,025,137
267,667.00
2
3,463
0.06%
7161
RU
Russia
Asia
Q159
146,804,372
17,125,191.00
834
1,536,067
0.05%
6944
CU
Cuba
North America
Q241
11,484,636
109,884.00
13
25,167
0.05%
6929
HN
Honduras
North America
Q783
9,265,067
112,492.00
37
74,712
0.05%
7145
ZM
Zambia
Africa
Q953
17,094,130
752,618.00
9
18,897
0.05%
8434
AZ
Azerbaijan
Asia
Q227
10,127,874
86,600.00
1
2,203
0.05%
6949
GF
French Guiana
South America
Q3769
268,700
83,534.00
4
9,376
0.04%
7113
MW
Malawi
Africa
Q1020
18,622,104
118,484.20
5
13,200
0.04%
7077
LK
Sri Lanka
Asia
Q854
21,444,000
65,610.00
18
47,899
0.04%
8142
GY
Guyana
South America
Q734
777,859
214,970.00
2
5,551
0.04%
7076
PK
Pakistan
Asia
Q843
216,565,318
881,913.00
6
16,731
0.04%
6818
IR
Iran
Asia
Q794
79,966,230
1,648,195.00
2
7,331
0.03%
7236
CH
Switzerland
Europe
Q39
8,466,017
41,285.00
49
181,815
0.03%
7335
NP
Nepal
Asia
Q837
29,400,000
147,181.30
4
16,343
0.02%
8147
LU
Luxembourg
Europe
Q32
626,108
2,586.40
16
65,407
0.02%
7347
MN
Mongolia
Asia
Q711
3,075,647
1,566,000.00
2
8,421
0.02%
7332
FJ
Fiji
Oceania
Q712
905,502
18,274.00
3
14,629
0.02%
6891
KR
South Korea
Asia
Q884
51,466,201
100,295.00
33
186,525
0.02%
6846
ET
Ethiopia
Africa
Q115
104,957,438
1,104,300.00
2
11,575
0.02%
8433
AM
Armenia
Europe
Q399
2,930,450
29,743.40
1
17,617
0.01%
7341
AF
Afghanistan
Asia
Q889
34,940,837
652,230.00
0
491
0.00%
7616
CX
Christmas Island
Asia
Q31063
1,843
135
0
2,664
0.00%
10287
CC
Cocos Islands
Asia
Q36004
596
14
0
536
0.00%
8421
KM
Comoros
Africa
Q970
823,652
2,034.00
0
630
0.00%
10288
CK
Cook Islands
Oceania
Q26988
17,434
240
0
2,302
0.00%
8511
DJ
Djibouti
Africa
Q977
956,985
23,200.00
0
352
0.00%
9240
GQ
Equatorial Guinea
Africa
Q983
1,267,689
28,051.00
0
695
0.00%
8208
ER
Eritrea
Africa
Q986
3,497,000
117,600.00
0
661
0.00%
9319
TF
French Southern Territories
Q129003
196
7,829.00
0
470
0.00%
7063
GM
Gambia
Africa
Q1005
2,100,568
11,300.00
0
3,350
0.00%
8512
GN
Guinea
Africa
Q1006
12,717,176
245,857.00
0
1,436
0.00%
8513
GW
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
Q1007
1,861,283
36,125.00
0
585
0.00%
10293
HM
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Q131198
0
368
0
20
0.00%
10323
KI
Kiribati
Oceania
Q710
116,398
811
0
577
0.00%
8489
LS
Lesotho
Africa
Q1013
2,233,339
30,355.00
0
1,150
0.00%
8263
LI
Liechtenstein
Europe
Q347
37,922
160
0
828
0.00%
10324
MH
Marshall Islands
Oceania
Q709
53,127
181.4
0
1,925
0.00%
10308
NR
Nauru
Oceania
Q697
13,650
21
0
65
0.00%
10307
NU
Niue
Oceania
Q34020
1,612
260
0
549
0.00%
8432
KP
North Korea
Asia
Q423
25,490,965
120,540.00
0
1,182
0.00%
7013
PG
Papua New Guinea
Oceania
Q691
8,251,162
462,840.00
0
5,919
0.00%
10309
PN
Pitcairn Islands
Oceania
Q35672
50
47
0
79
0.00%
6685
SH
Saint Helena
Africa
Q192184
4,534
394
0
263
0.00%
10310
SM
San Marino
Europe
Q238
33,400
61.2
0
253
0.00%
9173
ST
Sao Tome and Principe
Africa
Q1039
204,327
1,001.00
0
1,496
0.00%
7081
SB
Solomon Islands
Oceania
Q685
611,343
28,400.00
0
6,590
0.00%
8435
TJ
Tajikistan
Asia
Q863
8,921,343
143,100.00
0
2,012
0.00%
10313
TK
Tokelau
Oceania
Q36823
1,499
10
0
127
0.00%
7351
TM
Turkmenistan
Asia
Q874
5,850,901
491,210.00
0
180
0.00%
10315
TV
Tuvalu
Oceania
Q672
11,192
26
0
80
0.00%
10316
UM
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Oceania
Q16645
300
34.2
0
746
0.00%
9213
VA
Vatican City
Europe
Q237
1,000
0.4
0
327
0.00%
7334
WF
Wallis and Futuna
Oceania
Q35555
12,197
274
0
52
0.00%
10321
EH
Western Sahara
Africa
Q6250
582,000
266,000.00
0
772
0.00%
7837
YE
Yemen
Asia
Q805
28,250,420
555,000.00
0
402
0.00%
54505
AQ
Antarctica
53669
Q21590062
N/A
N/A
N/A
10286
BV
Bouvet Island
Q23408
0
49
0
0
N/A
10320
null
Clipperton Island
0
0
N/A
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Anywhere that isn’t in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, or South Africa is going to have a much slower rate of ID, so I’d start there.
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Updated 12/15 to remove countries @astra_the_dragon went through
Here’s an abbreviated version showing just places with greater than 1% unknowns
ID
Name
Parent Place
Population
Area (sq km)
Unknown Verifiable
All Verifiable
Percent Unknown of Verifiable
8358
Seychelles
Africa
95,843
459
960
7,190
13.35%
8515
Niger
Africa
21,477,348
1,267,000.00
235
2,601
9.03%
8509
Benin
Africa
11,175,692
114,763.00
1,230
22,526
5.46%
8051
Denmark
Europe
5,930,987
2,220,930.00
15,015
370,858
4.05%
6783
Bolivia
South America
11,051,600
1,098,581.00
3,254
91,712
3.55%
6873
Philippines
Asia
100,981,437
343,448.00
2,008
77,762
2.58%
7141
Nigeria
Africa
190,886,311
923,768.00
163
6,980
2.34%
6931
Dominican Republic
North America
10,403,761
48,670.80
537
32,409
1.66%
7887
Taiwan
Asia
23,593,794
36,193.00
10,740
673,215
1.60%
8858
Romania
Europe
19,586,539
238,397.00
460
29,851
1.54%
10301
Macao
Asia
566,375
115.3
175
11,669
1.50%
7143
Eswatini
Africa
1,124,753
17,364.00
204
14,560
1.40%
7506
Netherlands
Europe
17,282,163
41,543.00
2,854
207,431
1.38%
8265
Estonia
Europe
1,324,820
45,339.00
180
13,719
1.31%
6753
France
Europe
66,628,000
643,801.00
8,356
695,611
1.20%
7563
El Salvador
North America
6,420,746
20,742.00
247
20,602
1.20%
7008
Belgium
Europe
11,431,406
30,528.00
2,228
191,825
1.16%
8264
Czechia
Europe
10,693,939
78,866.00
2,360
207,246
1.14%
7003
Panama
North America
4,098,587
74,177.30
1,648
144,872
1.14%
7578
Belarus
Europe
9,408,400
207,600.50
711
62,569
1.14%
7020
Finland
Europe
5,501,043
338,424.40
2,311
215,178
1.07%
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I will get on those Caribbean Island ones, since that is where I have chosen to concentrate.
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I have reviewed SP+M, Aland, SG+SSI, and Saint-B, so far. will update as I knock smaller places off the list.
also reviewed:
Faroe, Somalia. Togo
N. Cyprus, Montsserrat, Libya
Mali, Guadeloupe, SV+G,
A+B, Qatar, (BIOT),
Cape Verde
That seems like enough for today. Maybe we can team up to get through Denmark and Taiwan…
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Don’t forget that this data is also a way to target recruitment of more iNat identifiers, not just a way to heap more work upon yourself. If you notice a frequent observer in these locales, reach out! It’s twice as effective if they both start adding coarse IDs to their own observations, AND help add coarse IDs to other people’s observations.
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Thanks!
You’re definitely right… Leaving comments to promote the spread of knowledge and helpful behaviour is the way to go!
That said, I like doing IDs and for me going through few hundred Unknowns is just a nice way to relax :3
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Filtered for obs made in the previous month to attempt some outreach.
Seychelles: almost all by a set of four relatively new users, sometimes using placeholders with common names not added to the database. Left comments and some IDs
Niger: almost exclusively one user. Left a comment.
Benin: a few users, left comments and a few IDs.
Denmark: lots of users with under 15 obs each, skipped mostly
Bolivia: about a dozen more serious users, left a bunch of comments.
I’m bored with comments so I’m gonna do something else now. gl
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Was the problem with South African user posting hundreds or thousands unknowns and never marking cultivated plants resolved? It would be cool to help African community, but seeing only those obs was annoying.
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