Etiquette for observations with locations at 0,0

[clay_s]

What would be good to post when knocking a RG to casual for this problem?

[kiwifergus]

location not accurate?

[thebeachcomber]

I’d comment first and give them a chance to fix it (assuming most of these cases are accidents) before pushing to casual.

[jdmore]

See this and other info from near the bottom of this thread:

@bouteloua

There are around 950 observations, from before that went live, that still need to be marked as location inaccurate: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?reviewed=any&quality_grade=research%2Cneeds_id&order=asc&project_id=null

Here’s the message I’ve been using if anyone wants to help out:

Hi, it looks like the location was accidentally saved at coordinates 0,0 — in the Atlantic Ocean! :) To add a location, click the “Edit” button, and use the map to drop a push-pin to more accurately depict where you were when you made this observation. Even just a general location is helpful. For now, I marked this observation as having an incorrect location in the Data Quality Assessment section, so please reply here letting me know once you’ve fixed it. Thanks!

I’m closing this so we can keep discussion focused in that thread.

[tiwane]

I’ll just note that a lot of these were added via Android, and there should be an update which prevents anyone from adding an observation with coordinates 0,0 in the near future.