I created a web game using the iNaturalist API to practice identification of any taxa, and thought it would be cool to share here. It displays a scientific name and location, then four images to choose from. The functionality isn’t perfect, but there is a simple guide explaining usage. https://bu…

There’s a weird thing, it suggested to find a blue tit in Czechia, but the photo was of Pleske’s tit, and even before clicking I went and checked iNat there’s no hybrid observation from that country and from that locality there’s no genus observations at all. [image] And here it’s also wrong for …

Really interesting! Just a suggestion, i think adding a location filter would be great as many of us focuses on a specific geographical area

[image] willphill3: The functionality isn’t perfect there are several glaring bugs (particularly related to pre-loading of observations and transitioning between taxa), and the way it gets data seems a bit inefficient (issuing at least one request per photo using sort of a pseudorandom? funct…

I just want to say, that I’m really enjoying it! Even though you can not be specific, or that there are some bumps and issues. Still a lot of fun to learn new things especially when you are predominately a fungi and plant cat haha. My only real gripe is that sub-species seem to be wrong and I’m not…

I visited the website and it showed a picture from my own observation (of a weevil, Lixus fasciculatus)! What were the chances for this, haha? There are some glitches but overall it’s pretty fun. I would prefer if you were able to view the full version of images because sometimes they’re cropped aw…

I will say I came across some of the same bugs as the other people. But I will also say that it is an entertaining. I set the taxa to plants and I won’t recognize 3/4ths of the species I see, but by using broader knowledge about the family/genus I can still get a lot, which is kind of cool! Usually …

regarding the functionality and bugs, this is my first ever web development creation so its also a bit of a learning tool for me haha (things should change/improve over time as i learn more). identifying in the system is good but i honestly just wanted something simple & quick to play when i have s…

This is great! I’ve been looking for something like this to pass the idle time, and your site is very streamlined. I echo the need for a location filter though! I hope you keep the site up and are able to smooth out some of the bugs.

really glad to hear other people find enjoyment in this too!! over the next few days the bugs should be fixed, and i plan on adding filters to display things like date, user, etc. location might take a bit longer to figure out but it will definitely happen

Played around a bit, seems good to me! Looking forward to whatever you will add to this

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willphill3 October 2, 2022, 5:55pm 14

i will be adding that feature in today or tomorrow!

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