I’ve recently completed an extensive survey using AudioMoths and now have hundreds of one-minute recordings with confirmed presence of my target species, spread across a large geographic area. I’d like to upload these to iNaturalist.
Each .mp3 file includes the correct date, time, and GPS data. The problem is that iNaturalist doesn’t seem to read ID3 metadata from audio files—it only pulls EXIF data from images.
Has anyone found a good workflow for this? My current workaround is to create a blank image for each recording and embed the EXIF data there, so I don’t have to manually enter metadata hundreds of times.
This does work, but I still have to manually pair each recording with its corresponding image during upload, which is pretty time-consuming.
I considered bulk uploading via CSV and then attaching the recordings afterward, but that actually seems even slower.
Has anyone figured out a more efficient solution?