I would like to filter my observations (using Explore) to exclude a certain place. Is there a URL trick for this? I tried without_place_id= and not_place_id=, neither of which worked.

Okay, I tried not_in_place=, which did work but removes itself if I try to switch views (e.g. from Observations to Species).

[image] fluffyinca: but removes itself if I try to switch views i can’t reproduce this. if you’re still seeing this behavior, a couple of screenshots might help describe the problem better.

It started working as expected a few minutes after I posted that. I’ll see if I can make it do it again.

Seems to be working normally now. I don’t know why it did that, but I’ll let you know if it does it again.

How to filter for observations not in a place

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How to filter for observations not in a place

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