Platform: Windows (probably universal) Browser, if a website issue: Firefox (probably universal) Screenshots of what you are seeing: [image] Description of problem: Step 1: Friends and I were discussing the range of cottonmouths in our area. The legend is misleading. Here, blue squares corre…

there’s a feature request here https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/add-map-legend-for-all-overlays-on-taxon-pages/7584/

click on the layer selector in the top-right corner of the map, and that will tell you what the different colored markers and areas represent. you’ll be able to toggle the visibility of each of the layers from there, too. the map legend seems a little bit outdated. i assume it was once more or less…

The map in your example is zoomed out to the extent that the individual map-pins (to which the legend refers) are aggregated and displayed as red squares. Is that intentional, or do you see a problem when you zoom in to see the pins?

There’s no easy URL hook I found, but the problem with the markers vs the legend does persist at higher zooms. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/904170-Agkistrodon-piscivorus

The layers selector does help, but still seems incomplete. (e.g. what is the yellow tint?) [image]

[image] pisum: the green / yellow areas are “standard” places in the system where the taxon occurs on the place checklist. More importantly, where does a person go to find the meanings of the map symbols, other than the forum. Ideally, there will at least be a link from the map.

Erroneous legend on map page

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pisum September 23, 2025, 2:25am 6

the green / yellow areas are “standard” places in the system where the taxon occurs on the place checklist. you can toggle these on and off by checking and unchecking the “Checklist Places” layer in the layer selector.

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