what level of observation might be the limits of reasonable usefulness? examples: every species in a 100 square meter area every individual in a 100 square meter area every ant hill in a backyard. every ant in a hill what is actually useful, not necessarily in these specific examples, but in gen…

[image] sessilefielder: Even when people are aware of this guideline, they still sometimes choose to keep photos of the same organism from a different time (and at a different stage of life) in the same observation because of the lack of formal support for linking/correlating observations. Wh…

When I wonder whether to include one of my own observations, I just consider whether I’d like to have it in my own iNat collection. I think of it as a personal collection. If so, I add it. If not, then I consider whether someone else is likely to find it useful. Incidentally, I would like to see a …

I’ve hidden a few posts there that, while not specifically naming someone whose actions they’ve described in a negative light, provided enough info for anyone to easily figure out who they’re referring to. Please describe situations like this in general terms. Also, please remember that we should a…

My porch lights have one incandescent, one blacklight, all summer. Sometimes they fly towards one & settle under the other. Which to record, please? Interesting, arrival time, I will have to see if I can catch that. Thanks

For me it is more about the quality of observations than the number of observations. For instance, over the past weeks I’ve been trying (to the best of my knowledge) to clean up the observations of large gulls (Larus sp.) in Portugal. I don’t mind having to ID 20, 30, 50 or 200 seagull observations…

I like to take observations of the same specie in the same location sometimes. I visit tiny ecosystems (like springs, peatbogs, small forest lakes or inland islands) very often. Each of them is a bit different, but not much - the species are very often the same, but their distribution vary. Sometime…

I think obs taken from a car window should be as clear as possibe. For example, when I go on roadtrips, (when I don’t drive) and we stop at a light/due to heavy traffic, I like to grab as many pictures of roadkill/birds/plants as possible. motion blur really does mess up what would otherwise be a de…

I’ve been trying to find a way to use Google “my maps” or arcGIS to do population density maps (unsuccessfullyso far) so I don’t end up with 10,000 dandelion observations in a 1km area or something like that. I don’t know if there is a good way to share the maps on iNat once I figure out how to mak…

I agree with the excessiveness of posting the same photo 9 times for each individual. There are annotations that can be added to an observations to note numbers observed, and I think it’s best to use these even when there is only 2 of the species in a photo.

I’m a new convert to iNaturalist (but have some data management and project experience) and find this the most interesting current open thread to understand some of the core iNat concepts and community needs :-) My own question to understanding iNat as a new user is to see what to contribute to the…

Excessive observing?

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Excessive observing?

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