When reviewing observations, it would be useful to have a dropdown list allowing to select any upper taxonomic level to submit it as a new ID for the observation.
Such list could be located next to every existing “Agree” button, the list containing all taxonomic levels upper than this ID to (dis)agree with.
For instance, in the example below, I would have simply selected “Caesalpinioideae” in a list next to this “Senna” ID or next to this “Agree” button:
After that, I would have chosen as usual if I agree or disagree with the current “Senna” ID when submitting this new “Caesalpinioideae” ID.
(My hands are sore after a lot of manual work done at home during confinement, which is why I am thinking of this optimization of the review work.)
Does this illustrate the feature you’re requesting?
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Yes, this is what I meant. Thanks!
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This other feature request may be considered as a superset of the present one:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ideas-for-a-revamped-explore-observations-search-page/8439/155
This tool (a desktop application using the iNaturalist API, for reviewing and identifying observations) provides an easy access to all ancestors of a selected taxon:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/amount-of-unknown-records-is-decreasing/8594/457
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I just added a request for this feature, not knowing someone already requested it. In my request though I expand it further to allow selection down the taxonomic tree as well. For example, if someone IDs to genus, a menu listing all species in that genus could be available. Or if someone identified to a family, there could be an iteratively expanding menu where it first lists the available genera, then after the user picks a genus, a list of species in the genus would appear.
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