Platforms: Website and mobile Description of need: Copying coordinates of observations is currently cumbersome. One has to separately copy the latitude and the longitude by clicking and dragging because it is set up like this: [Screen Shot 2023-02-11 at 4.25.26 PM] (Chrome after double clicking…

For individual observations that’s not super practical. I use Google Earth to visualize ranges with shapefiles of freshwater gastropod distributions (drainages are hard to differentiate from satellites sometimes). When I have a new observation to ID, I put the coordinates in and see where it falls. …

See my initial comment for easy copy/pasting of coordinates for individual observations. It’s pretty simple to do if you’re using the desktop.

Doesn’t work for me - can copy either lat or long, not both. When starting outside of the lat box, it still only copies the lat, not the long. Of course I’m using Firefox on an antique mac… might work just fine for others.

In Chrome on windows it’s easy for me. I click right before the L in Lat, and drag down past the coordinates following the Long, then hit ‘copy’ once everything is selected. Copies everything and works a treat.

Doesn’t that also include the string ‘Lon:’? The OP doesn’t want to include that in their selection.

I think what he means is for the observation click details under the map then View on Google. The coordinates will be availiable in the search bar or within the description on the left. I usually just copy them from the search bar but either should work. I agree this is a reasonably easy workaround…

You could just pin the location. And use the pinned location.

[image] natemarchessault: Search bar great invention, seems to be easier.

@earthknight @natemarchessault I use your technique to select and easily copy coordinates from the google map by first clicking “Details” then “View on Google.” However, in my hands it only works on existing observations. For some reason when you are creating an observation, if you click on “Googl…

Needing to click a google link to bypass an easily-fixable UI goof on iNaturalist is silly. It’s a reasonable thing to do so long as the UI isn’t fixed, but it’s not a reason not to fix the UI.

Easily copy coordinates

Feature Requests

tiwane June 7, 2024, 8:19pm 26

OK, this has been implemented. You can either select the coordinates, or click on the Copy button:

iNaturalist Updates for June 2024

Topic		Replies	Views
Enter GPS coordinates Feature Requests mobile-app	14	3190	January 2, 2026
Android app copies incorrect coordinates from observation Bug Reports android-app , staff-can-replicate , issue-made	5	301	March 15, 2023
Make iNat record number easily available on mobile app Feature Requests android-app , implemented , mobile-app	7	785	August 13, 2025
Sharing observations with a link General	9	3153	January 27, 2020
Link observations in iOS app General ios-classic-app	4	478	May 30, 2021

Easily copy coordinates

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