Hello, I’ve looked through the posts in the left panel related to converting a traditional to a collecting project. When I preview the conversion to a collection project the # of observations drops from 1,809 (traditional) to 1,651 (collecting) and the # of species drops from 508 to 467 respective…

That’s due to the location fuzzing. If any part, even a small corner, of the obscured location box falls outside of the collection project area that observation is not included in the project. It’s an issue that’s been discussed a lot and that many of us feel is a problem, but it’s been deemed an …

@earthknight Thanks for the follow up and the details. Based on your description of the way location accuracy is used in collections I’ll keep this as a traditional project. Would be great if the center point of the location is in the place boundary it should show up in a collection and not just a t…

[image] nycbirder: if the center point of the location is in the place boundary it should show up in a collection and not just a traditional project I absolutely agree, and it is especially confusing as the Place observations page WILL show these. I am not talking about obscuration but ordin…

Converting Traditional to a Collections Project

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Problem: My new Collection Project is missing Suitable Observations That Are In My Traditional Project: General question , projects	5	120	February 4, 2026
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Converting Traditional to a Collections Project

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