Deliberately posting false or inaccurate information

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@fluffyinca

It’s meant to represent the precision, or “accuracy”, of your stated location

the truth is that the accuracy value is used to capture many different things.

@pisum

who knows exactly what a location accuracy value means for any given observation? is it supposed to represent a radius of uncertainty within which the observer is located? a radius of uncertainty within which the subject is located? the distance between the observer and the subject? radius within which a subject moved? radius within which the observer moved? is it the iNat app default accuracy value based on how far you zoomed in when you manually placed your observation on the map? is it a guesstimate of the error of the map used to place the coordinates? is it a guesstimate of the typical accuracy or error of your GPS device? is it an actual measurement from your GPS device? is it Android’s definition of horizontal accuracy (~68% chance that the device is within the radius)? is it Apple’s definition of horizontal accuracy (the radius of uncertainty for the location, where uncertainty threshold is not publicly defined, except that it is supposed that it is at least as accurate as Android’s definition)? is it something else or a mix of the above?