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:
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.
Going through old feature requests. I’ve been told that loading parent taxa wouldn’t be an issue here, although we’d have to figure out a UI for it. Adding arrow on or next to Agree might be confusing and/or lead to misclicks. Maybe something below “Agree”?
I was thinking about suggesting something just like this and found this feature request.
I think in addition to adding this feature to the identification workflow it would also be really helpful to have it in the upload workflow (including mobile - I am aware that you’re not doing much new stuff on Android at the moment, but I would love to have it there too). I think it would provide a subtle hint to users who are uploading that there is an option between selecting the Vision-suggested species and just uploading as unknown if there was a “Select Ancestor” button directly on the suggestion without the user having to open the taxon page.
Here are some rough mockups I made based on what I was imagining. Obviously design and text can use some work, but you’ll hopefully get the picture.
