If the GPS coordinates of an observation are exactly 0, 0, it’s certain that the observation is placed at the incorrect location on the map. At this time, the observation must be manually marked as inaccurate by volunteers , which takes a lot of time. Instead, the system should automatically: strip…

Great, thanks, looks like the null validation is live and there aren’t new observations coming in at 0, 0. I was trying to test out what exactly happens when I try to make an observation at 0, 0 on Android, and it looks like it just won’t upload the observation. Weirdly though, it totally disappear…

[image] charlie: Maybe for these the location data should just be deleted and they would show up as ‘no location’? see the 2nd suggestion above [image] loarie: Has anyone been able to find a pattern of how these obs are being generated? Are they across the board or just from web or iOS o…

if any come from established iNat users who might be willing/able to help explain what they did that would be useful

I almost always use the Uploader on a Mac Desktop. I have had a number of obs in the “Null” project - I think that’s the O-O location you are talking about? All accidental, due to photo either not having a GPS recorded (my camera intermittently loses connection with internet) or location being acc…

Hi, I accidently get my location to appear 0,0 all the time, i believe i know why too. I post several observations in quick succession on mobile a lot of the time. I use the “get current location” option most of the time. However, sometimes I’m moving too quickly and submit the post before it even i…

Is there a reason you use “Get current location”? When you make the observation the location should already part of the observation.

Can you throw an error message and prevent observations from being saved if the coordinates are 0,0? As long as there is the option to “Edit location” that starts the map off at 0,0 there will always be some users that save from there without making changes. [image] But also, multiple people hav…

When I selected a picture in the gallery if my Samsung galaxy s7 and shared with inaturalist, the coordinates translated over. I got a new galaxy s10, with all location permissions allowed, and now it puts in 0,0 as the coordinates.

Heh, this is turning more into a bug report, but it’d be good to root out any technical causes for this. [image] brantport14: I got a new galaxy s10, with all location permissions allowed, and now it puts in 0,0 as the coordinates. @brantport14 can you please email that photo to help@inatura…

Also, aside from any bugs, it seems like people would be OK with the app not letting someone upload an observation with coordinates 0,0?

Yes. If someone ever makes an observation at exactly 0,0, they can file a bug report. :wink:

Automatically deal with obs whose coordinates are 0, 0

Feature Requests

Topic		Replies	Views
Observations with locations at 0,0 General	20	4100	July 7, 2019
Etiquette for observations with locations at 0,0 General	4	696	September 26, 2019
Observations Defaulting to Coordinates (0,0) Bug Reports	4	1025	October 19, 2019
Issues with lat and/or long set at 0 Bug Reports	12	772	March 9, 2026
Finding inaccurate coordinates General brainstorm	5	875	April 30, 2020

Automatically deal with obs whose coordinates are 0, 0

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