# External code, tools etc for working with iNat - wiki

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**Tags:** third-party-tools\
**Created:** [September 2, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/external-code-tools-etc-for-working-with-inat-wiki/15906 "2020-09-02T13:02:22Z")\
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I’m not sure the R package is that useful either. Especially since there are a few ways to access the GBIF data from R already. I’d also say lot of the region and taxa specific apps I’ve seen using iNat data just replicate features on iNaturalist itself.

But this is why I think it would be useful to have a place to discuss projects. What do people need help with? For instance, I think building a toolkit that allows people to more flexibly make maps and phenological charts of iNaturalist records could be useful. Developing a tool that can generate species area curves or species accumulation curves from iNat data is another thing I’d think would be useful.

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