Hi there,when posting a new observation I found that there is a difference between the map location and the locality notes:
I entered the Tom Thorn/Beth Williams Wildlife Habitat Management Area in Wyoming(on Hwy34, MW of Cheyenne WY) in “Search for a location” and the program found the correct location, BUT the locality notes entered: “Tom Thorn/Beth Williams Wildlife Habitat Management Area, 414625 Louisiana 2, Haynesville, LA 71038, USA” and that is in Louisianna!
Can you please correct that
Thank you Peter Jessen
I think that might be an issue with Google. You can always suggest changes in Google, and you can edit the locality notes if they aren’t accurate.
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Locality notes are yours to edit. I always check that it says what I want it to - not Google’s (wrong) default text.
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yes. see:
- https://developers-dot-devsite-v2-prod.appspot.com/maps/documentation/utils/geocoder#place_id%3DChIJafiOTEkUZocR2Vbl68PwB3U, or
- https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/overview, or
- https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tom+Thorn%2FBeth+Williams+Wildlife+Habitat+Management+Area/@41.77368,-105.353063,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x876614494c8ef869:0x7507f0c3ebe556d9!8m2!3d41.77368!4d-105.353063!16s%2Fg%2F11cn0t34zt
here’s how you can suggest a correction to a Google place:
https://support.google.com/maps/answer/10010575?sjid=966983982263911787-NC
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This one should have been the solution. I have plenty of observations for which I replaced the default text with my own locality description. This was discussed in a previous thread; the link goes to the specific post in that thread where I explain this: How iNat Determines location name - General - iNaturalist Community Forum
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Thanks for the update,
Meanwhile I checked all my observation and corrected them if Google had it wrong
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