As it stated on the webpage that my account must be at least 2 months old and must have made at least 10 improving identifications in the last month. I already have my account since late 2023 and have 12 identifications in this month.
I did that but I still dont know why I still cannot
In order to submit an application your account must be at least 2 months old and must have made at least 10 improving identifications in the last month.
Doesn’t look like you have any improving identifications for others, which you can check here: https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications/mosessnapsafari
The application page to become an app owner links to this page, which has a definition of “improving identifications”.
it’s not that there are no improving identifications. it’s that there aren’t any improving identifications for others.
this was closed back in the day, but it may need to be revisited: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/error-message-on-inaturalist-app-owner-application-form-doesnt-specify-identifications-need-to-be-on-other-users-observations/50771/4.
judging by the number of threads linked to the first post i referenced above, this is at least the 4th time now that folks have needed clarification on whether “improving identifications” or “improving identifications for others” are needed to apply for the application owner role.
“identifications” by default means “identifications for others” in many locations, but I’ll clarify in my post
Question… the application talks about authenticated use and creating / updating data. Is it necessary to apply if you are only executing transactions to read and display data? Er, asking for a friend.
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getting the application owner role and registering an app are really only necessary if you need to utilize an authorization flow to allow your application’s users to grant permission to your app to retrieve private data or add / modify / delete data on their behalf.
if you’re getting private data or adding / modifying / deleting data for just yourself, it’s technically possible to bypass this sort of flow. or if you don’t need private data and don’t need to add / modify / delete either, then you don’t need authorization either. (you could send some header data with your API requests that identify your application or describe what you’re doing, but i almost never do that myself, since that’s just one more thing for the server to keep track of.)
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