I guess this is the converse of https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-do-you-think-about-habitat-sound/20547 I have added habitat shots to audio records for context in the past, however I’ve seen recent advice of an identifier to observer(s) that this is not acceptable. I was not able to dig out any…

[image] pmeisenheimer: There are all sorts of things that would be really wonderful additions to iNat. I am absolutely certain that the people who run the site have a very long list of upgrades they would like to do. This is true, unfortunately, and adding functionality for annotating individ…

[image] andreacala: embed a habitat image Hm, that sounds rather unworkable for the typical record…

Would have to try out the work flow, but it could be quite easy.

But, it would require an external site, which doesn’t seem like the best standard operating procedure.

Sure not for standard observations, but possibly for those special encounters where habitat mattered. Just a thought.

So this question isn’t intended to be pedantic (though maybe it is!), but in the original example, a tree with a katydid in it (for which the audio file was being taken) was being discussed. In this example, the tree does indeed contain the katydid making the audio (the katydid just isn’t visible i…

[image] lotteryd: “If your observation is in audio format, do not include any photos that do not clearly show the organism making the sound, unless they are spectrograms of the sounds.” kueda doesn’t even want your spectrograms: [image] Automatically add a spectrogram view to observations …

[image] lotteryd: such as of katydids where I could show the tree(s) they are singing from, although I would not be able to show the insects themselves. Any advice about proper procedure? You could upload the tree as a separate observation, and then link to it in the description. Naturally th…

Right - the tree doesn’t depict the observation’s subject, so it shouldn’t be directly attached to the observation. Same with any other images without the focus of the observation.

Hmmm… That leaves me in a tough spot. I don’t have a computer that works with Inat. So I use either an iPhone or an iPad to interact with Inaturalist. It is very problematic to upload an observations on the website from my iOS devices; in fact it fails most of the time by screen freezing so I cann…

[image] teellbee: The only way I can upload an audio observation is the first create a ob using the iPhone app with a picture. Next, I can go to the website to add the audio file. No need to add a photo to the observation. You can create the observation with no media attached (grey notepad ic…

Habitat shots acceptable with audio observations?

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jwidness September 23, 2021, 10:01pm 12

kueda doesn’t even want your spectrograms:

(They also confuse the CV)

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Habitat shots acceptable with audio observations?

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