Is there a way to upload a cell phone observation but keep it on hold until the observer adds an ID and better photos? Such a feature could really cut down on the “Unknown” photos in the ID pool. Background. The precise location data provided by the cell phone app is wonderful. But my cell photo d…

[image] tiwane: My guess is that situations like this are caused more by people not knowing to tap on “What did you see?” and how important adding an ID is when making an observation If you try to submit an observation without a location in the app, you get a pop-up reminding people to add a …

[image] chemistree: it might be worth waiting until draft mode is available To be clear, there is no guarantee that a draft mode will ever be added. While it’s something we’re discussing, no decision has been made. I can see the utility of a draft mode for the mobile apps, but after doing so…

Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply that draft mode was definitely happening

[image] tiwane: And if a draft mode is made, there would have to be something like a 3 day limit where observations get automatically published to avoid large backlogs. I’d suggest a bit longer - maybe a week or two - because a lot of us are out in the field or traveling, where we have occasi…

[image] tiwane: but after doing some thinking I can’t say I see the need for one if you’re using the web uploader You obviously have a stable internet connection. I do my uploads about 20 at a time for fear of my wireless bouncing off (made worse by a bug on my laptop’s internals that once wi…

[image] cmcheatle: I do my uploads about 20 at a time for fear of my wireless bouncing off (made worse by a bug on my laptop’s internals that once wireless disconnects you have to reboot to reconnect). I’m always speeding to do mine and waiting to do the research. Similar for me

I voted for this feature for the following reasons. I have slow internet and typically only include one photo when I first upload an observation. Uploads of 2 or more photos takes a long while and the app usually times out. For observations that I want to include extra photos, I will upload them aft…

I need it because I add a lot of Fields, pinned and sometimes modified localities, tags, and copied text. To minimise the hours required I upload as much as possible in batches which will have as much as possible the same localities, copied text, fields and tags. Often as am working in the uploade…

[image] apgarm: ended up ID’ing a bunch of stuff before the poster got to them I may have accidentally done this. When I was just getting into identifying, I IDed an Unknown as “Plants”. The user (who had thousands of observations) replied with a rude “Yes, it is a plant.” At the time, I coul…

And it’s a “both ways” thing too… just as the new observer is perplexed at having their plant ID’d as a plant, the experienced and knowledgable identifiers roll their eyes when they see the ridiculous CV suggestins picked by new observers. The best way to encourage respect for one another is to mak…

Create a "Draft mode" for uploaded observations

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kaipatiki_naturewatc September 6, 2020, 5:28am 45

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