I think there was a “Verifiable” checkbox here:
I used it often, so I regret its loss.
Now I have to remove “&verifiable=true” from the URL.
At least, I can still get the same results this way.
It’s only ever been in Explore, Identify never had this checkbox. You can see it’s not there in this screenshot from April.
BTW, I suggest to have the same “Filters” popup wherever filtering is relevant.
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-inaturalists-search-urls-wiki/63/297
Thanks.
Sorry for the repetition.
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Can you get the desired result by selecting Casual but not Captive?
Yes, it is equivalent. For instance:
403 observations of Stachytarpheta in Hong Kong, with this URL by default:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=7613&subview=table&taxon_id=83139
473 observations, after unchecking “Verifiable”:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=7613&subview=table&taxon_id=83139&verifiable=any
Then, switching to “Identify” and restoring the adequate filters to be exhaustive, I get again (15 x 30) + 23 = 473 observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?reviewed=any&quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual%2Cresearch&place_id=7613&taxon_id=83139
In fact, my need was not to Identify, it was to better see the pictures, so I just ought to use the “Grid” view like this:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=7613&subview=grid&taxon_id=83139&verifiable=any
But I neved used this view before, only out of habit.
Casual but not Captive is not equivalent to Verifiable.
Verifiable means:
- has a date
- is georeferenced (i.e. has lat/lon coordinates)
- has photos or sounds
- isn’t of a captive or cultivated organism
So selecting Casual but not Captive still returns observations without a date, without a location, or without photos/sounds.
My initial intention was to get all possible observations.
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