i’ve been experimenting with mapping/GIS stuff a bit (https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/which-gis-tools-do-you-use-and-why/3519/9), and i think i’m learning that if data could be exported to a (Geo?)JSON format, that might actually be nicer than a CSV in many cases. i’m thinking in particular that that would be a better structure for capturing things that could have M:1 relationships (like many identifications for a given observation). it looks like most GIS applications will load these without issue, and it might be an easier starting point for creating interactive maps from scratch than a CSV.
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