I have created an umbrella project and want to bring an already created place under the Umbrella project. That does not seem possible. Is it possible / easy to change a place to a project? Or do I have to start for scratch? Thanks.

You don’t really “convert” a place to a project - what you need to do is create a project associated with that place. To do that: go to the projects page, https://www.inaturalist.org/projects click the “Start a Project” button scroll down to “Collection Projects” and click “Get Started” name the p…

[image] gjn: Or do I have to start for scratch? And just to be clear, once a place exists in iNaturalist, it can be used to help select observations to include in any number of projects. One would never need to re-create the place.

Under “Observation Requirements” I see “Include Projects” not “include places”. And the search only appears to list projects when I do a search not places.

Thanks, see my reply to twainwright.

umbrella projects collect projects, not places. So every entity under the umbrella has to be a project

Thank you. But a project could have other projects and/or places under it?

the type of project you created only allows you to attach multiple projects to it. you’ll need to start over and select “Collection” project.

[image] gjn: Under “Observation Requirements” I see “Include Projects” not “include places”. And the search only appears to list projects when I do a search not places. That is what you’ll see under your existing “umbrella” project. I am talking about creating a new collection project that co…

Thanks very much all for answers. I finally understand the small minor complications.

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