I take photos with my phone so I use the location finder on the iNat website. I mostly take photos in my yard or at a well-traveled park. Is there any need to give a location beyond 6 decimal places? Since the map (for me) is just an estimate, more than 6 decimal places seems strange to me.

Six decimal places after the point are equivalent to 1/9 m (111.111… mm) in latitude, or in longitude on the equator (multiply by the cosine of the latitude). Since you can’t enter an accuracy circle smaller than 1 m, you don’t need to enter more than six decimal places. The site displays it rounded…

How Many Decimal Points for the Location?

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