Whenever I search for observations from Finland, the web version of iNaturalist shows everything inside a rectangle around Finland - including parts of Russia, Sweden and Norway. On android however it uses more precise country boundaries. In both cases I use the first and only option given when sea…

welcome to the forum. filtering for places in the Explore page on the website is a common point of confusion for new users. instead of filtering for places using the Location input box next to the taxon input box, click on the Filters button, then More Filters, then use the Place input box in the Mo…

This might might make it a bit clearer: [image] You could also use the general “search” field on the web, it will only return locations that are actual “places” (polygons) on iNaturalist. The “location” field somehow also uses google maps to search for places, which is why it also finds location…

Country boundaries are different on browser versus android

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Country boundaries are different on browser versus android

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