I’ve no idea what data is analyzed by iNat when it comes up with its suggested ID, but geography seems low on the list. This is arguably single greatest cause of misidentifications on this site. It’s common to see endemic species from Region A suggested for an observation in Region B. Sometimes, thi…

Note: there was a previous post about this which I closed many moons ago. Approving this one to keep a conversation going, and probably because we’ll be doing away with the voting system soon.

[image] tiwane: probably because we’ll be doing away with the voting system soon. Uh what ? Was this previously announced and I missed it ?

on the forum not the iNat observation ID :)

I totally agree that range should be considered for computer vision and the resulting name suggestions. I have no idea how to do that, but geography is one of the most important characters I take into consideration for identifying things. It really matters.

But range is partially taken into account - see here: [image] (This is an interesting one as the Orchid is mimicking the Adenandra and the AI has picked up the model, but not the mimic https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33861667 ) ((but note: all the ones not marked “Seen nearby” are utterly…

[image] charlie: on the forum not the iNat observation ID :) Thanks, I clearly did not interpret that the way it was meant to be.

Closing to focus on the existing feature request: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/better-use-of-location-in-computer-vision-suggestions/915

Evaluate geographic data for iNat's Suggested ID

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tiwane October 4, 2019, 5:51pm 4

I brought it up here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/feature-requests-how-to-best-handle-the-voting-system/1952/33?u=tiwane Still not sure about the poll part.

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Evaluate geographic data for iNat's Suggested ID

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