I’ve been working on a project using some observation datasets from iNaturalist as well as from a few other sources. I need to be consistent in how I’m identifying observations to regions, particularly South Florida, where my species of interest (monarch butterfly) is known to have a distinct population w/ some pretty interesting behaviors.
Does anyone know exactly how the ‘south Florida’ location tag in iNat is defined? I can see from looking at it that it passes in a straight line just south of St. Petersburg on the West and Melbourne on the East (see pic), but I’d love more information on how that specific boundary was designated.
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@calebcam I think you are the creator of the tag. Would you mind letting me know how you picked the boundary (it seems totally reasonable to me, I just want to make sure I’m using a consistent definition in my non-iNat datsets).
Sorry also if there’s a better way to reach you - I’m new to the forums and still finding my way around :)
Thanks! I have them downloaded - I’m just not sure of what definition I would l like to use for the region, so looking for a better understanding of what other people mean when they say ‘South Florida’ xD
