Hello, I have recently visited the Fernando do Noronha Archipeligo in the South Atlantic. The islands are offshore from Brazil and are part of the state of Pernambuco. I submitted some observations, however they did not register for Pernambuco- but rather only under Fernando do Noronha. Does anyone …

The data iNat uses for the map locations in Brazil (towns, states, etc and maybe for some other countries too) is wrong. This is a very old issue. GADM https://gadm.org/ is the platform used for this and despite us brazilians messaging them to fix their wrong locations they haven’t changed anything. …

Fernando do Noronha observations aren't counting for Pernambuco, Brazil

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pisum August 18, 2024, 1:35pm 3

also see:

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/brazil-inaturalist-world-tour/4890
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/545827

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Fernando do Noronha observations aren't counting for Pernambuco, Brazil

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