Platform(s): Website URLs (aka web addresses) of any pages, if relevant: none needed Description of need: When we use the “Compare” feature of iNat, we can click on certain species brought up either by ourselves or by computer vision. Then, we get to look at a small sample of images of that organ…

I approved this request, but IMO we would need to implement this before adding sounds to the compare screen.

I think “compare” would be better if we could also ask about some types of images. For example, if I’m looking at a picture of what I think is a hare’s track, showing me nice pictures of hares won’t help. Inat should show me (automatically if possible or on request) pictures of hare tracks. (Hope my…

Thank you! I’m glad we both agree this would be a valuable feature.

I agree! Comparison with account taken from annotations would be very helpful. I could see it working for tracks, scats, remains, or even growth stages - all of which are already a part of the current annotation system.

It’s best to keep feature requests pretty on topic, so if there’s a need for continued discussion of this, it would be best in its own thread. Also, it is possible to filter for observations with specific annotations currently in case that is useful: Example of Hare tracks: https://www.inaturalist…

[image] vallespir: I think “compare” would be better if we could also ask about some types of images. For example, if I’m looking at a picture of what I think is a hare’s track, showing me nice pictures of hares won’t help. Inat should show me (automatically if possible or on request) pictures o…

Google already has call samples when you search for a bird species. Not sure if this would make it easier to implement?

I wonder if Cornell would be willing to partner with their database or else like the wikipedia articles, there’s was a way to link into All About Birds. They have great sounds, and after 2020 many got more recordings. At least with birds, so often the primary identification is the sound. You’re luc…

Audio samples in the "Compare" feature of ID'ing

Feature Requests

tiwane March 9, 2023, 4:46pm 8

There’s an existing request for this basic functionality: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/show-photos-by-life-stage-in-compare-identotron/13238

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Audio samples in the "Compare" feature of ID'ing

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