The Explore page ( www.inaturalist.org/observations ), sometimes called “observations search” or “obs search”, was written in code which is older and now out of sync than newer parts of the site such as Identify and observation details. This means that rather than add new functionality to the current …

The observations page ( The Explore page ( www.inaturalist.org/observations ) is rather good so do not throw away too much!! I would like a non-graphical fast grid/ Excel oriented display with no photos and no avatars and no ornament but with quick easy filter options on, for example countries, state…

Bring the buttons and observations outside the map so they’re not covering it. [image]

Ability to sort Species view by taxonomical order so that related species and genera are beside each other - useful for getting an idea of where to investigate deeper when identifying. Also the ability to sort observations by number of comments - useful for finding discussions about how to identify…

Pagination instead of infinite scrolling.

I was thinking that the new Explore page should be different from the Identify page and have unique features. Right now, to me, they are pretty similar. The only thing I can think of right now is for the Explore page to, on opening, show random observations. As in, a mixture of both old and new obse…

There is much to like in the current Explore page. So the following ideas assume that the new version will have similar functions and layout as the old. Move the buried Identify and Download buttons out of the Filters and next to to the Map-Grid-List view buttons, as in the collection project page…

[image] jwidness: Bring the buttons and observations outside the map so they’re not covering it. I agree! [image] upupa-epops: Ability to sort Species view by taxonomical order so that related species and genera are beside each other would also be nice. and maybe some other map symbo…

I would like all the photos on the Explore page, instead of just the first one, so that it isn’t necessary to click in and out to see the rest of them.

I want more options for the ‘species’ tab, so that I can choose to see most observed taxon at any level – e.g., if I want to quickly know how many Carduinae observations there are in Israel, or which Order of plants has the most obs, let me set a filter to change what taxonomic level the ‘species’ t…

Ideas for a revamped Explore/Observations Search Page

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jwidness December 4, 2019, 11:13pm 3

Ability to draw rectangles or polygons to search within, like GBIF:

Free form selection on the map

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