I am interested in outlining an area on the map and listing all observations for that area. This would give users a sort of custom field guide and make it so much easier to research the area. IMO research is important for areas that have no connectivity. Field guides are so non-specific as to be on…

[image] pisum: the Explore page already allows you to draw a box or circle on the map to filter within. Then after you’ve outlined the area, click on “Species” and you’ll see all of the species that have been observed there, sorted by the number of observations. I often do this when I’m plan…

are you just wanting to basically print out a bunch of observations but in an electronic format like PDF? if so, you may want to look at: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/tool-for-making-observations-printer-friendly/4513 https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/using-microsoft-words-mail-merge-to-display-…

Have you looked into making or using a place for a collection project?

Have you checked the guides page? https://www.inaturalist.org/guides

Would some of the sorting options on this page be useful to you? https://www.inaturalist.org/places

I have a Jupyter notebook that uses iNat data this way, additionally filtering by time of year and sorting by rarity. It’s not cleaned up yet (I’d like to also filter photos by annotations) and I haven’t yet made a Binder image for it, so it’s not public. But if you’re interested I can send it to yo…

[image] pferrel: I am interested in outlining an area on the map and listing all observations for that area the Explore page already allows you to draw a box or circle on the map to filter within. are you trying to draw a more complicated shape? [image] schizoform: I haven’t yet made a B…

This is totally possible on iNaturalist! Other users have already basically mentioned how to do this, but I’ll put it into one message for you: From the home page click on the “Explore” button in the left, next click the “map” option near grid and list. After, you should two small orange spotted bo…

Bingo! That’s it. Perfect for researching. Now I need to figure out how to get a hard copy or store that data for offline use. I’m traveling to places in Baja, Utah and Nevada that don’t have cell coverage so I’ll have to rely on paper or saved data. This is a big step forward. Thanks

I was thinking of building a site that uses the API for custom use. For instance some species do not have iNaturalist descriptions so you have to rummage around in the secondary sources to find better images and descriptions. Would probably do it in node for GUI + python for REST service that drives…

Looks like once I get a list of species from the above process, I can choose to export it. This produces a CSV file with a bunch of fields that are not very useful and no photos but you can customize fields also. Looks like a great solution, if a bit fussy.

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earthknight March 29, 2024, 4:15am 4

Have you checked the guides page?

https://www.inaturalist.org/guides

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