I’m using the Seek app for a community rewilding project. As a group of neighbors we are collaborating to rewild previously farmed lands. I have created a project to collect all the observations from members this month. The idea is to follow the development from year to year. My problem is that loc…

[image] paulnatorp: Some appear on the land where pictures are actually taken. Others are placed across the road. If you are relying on smart phones to gather the GPS info, then one thing you could try for improving accuracy is checking that any power saving options are turned off, as these c…

One other broader suggestion would be to use the iNaturalist app (or website) as opposed to Seek for this. It gives many more options for managing data and projects than Seek. Seek is really intended for a more niche use case than iNat itself - based on the limited description of your intended use, …

Oh my goodness. Thank you SO MUCH for this comment. I’ve been wondering why my phone hasn’t been auto GPSing coordinates. I’ve gone so far as to download a GPS app that I open every time before I take any photo, so that GPS co-ordinates are recorded. I never even considered it’s the fact I have pow…

[image] duncanross: download a GPS app that I open every time before I take any photo you shouldn’t have to download a special app to accomplish this kind of workflow. getting your location from within your stock map application should have more or less the same effect, as long as you wait fo…

[image] duncanross: I never even considered it’s the fact I have power-saving on that would be affecting it. Will turn this off and check now. Here’s hoping! Yes, it is something I only learned the hard way myself through testing. I guess it can depend on the phone in question, but I hope it …

P.S. Another point that comes to mind is that, at least with my phone, I find that it can be very slow to acquire the GPS location initially when first turned on, or called upon, but is much quicker thereafter. So I find it helps a lot to ensure it is active and working correctly shortly before I an…

I tend not to use my phone GPS for these reasons (and because I know my usual spots well enough that manual selection when uploading is more accurate). Google Maps takes ages to refresh my location, and tends to forcefully stick me to the nearest road, however far that may be. My old Garmin chews t…

[image] bvcz: My old Garmin chews through batteries at such a rate that it’s not even an option. I don’t know which model you had, but I’m using a Garmin eTrex 22x and kept it on basically all day during my last road trip (turning it off at bedtime). The two AA batteries would last longer tha…

How can I edit location - or make sure my observations are geotagged more precisely?

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vallespir April 10, 2023, 7:40am 2

Have you read this post: How to edit or delete an existing observation?

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How can I edit location - or make sure my observations are geotagged more precisely?

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