# iNat writes location wrong but puts it on map correctly **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [September 10, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-writes-location-wrong-but-puts-it-on-map-correctly/45015 "2023-09-10T00:10:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robbieedun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/robbieedun/32/59628_2.png) [@robbieedun](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/robbieedun)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-writes-location-wrong-but-puts-it-on-map-correctly/45015/1 "2023-09-10T00:10:44Z")
Please fill out the following sections to the best of your ability, it will help us investigate bugs if we have this information at the outset. Screenshots are especially helpful, so please provide those if you can. **Platform** (Android, iOS, Website): Website, Windows 11 **App version number** , if a mobile app issue (shown under Settings or About): **Browser** , if a website issue (Firefox, Chrome, etc) : Opera GX **URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182167181](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182167181) **Screenshots of what you are seeing** (instructions for taking a screenshot on computers and mobile devices: [https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/](https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/)): ![Opera Snapshot_2023-09-09_195752_www.inaturalist.org](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/e/f/ef1551ba331773d9d4296eb6d8247517df8fda00.png) ![Opera Snapshot_2023-09-09_200440_www.google.com](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/3/1/31aeef4b42237dafc05b0653c77d13d3813c3004.png) ![Opera Snapshot_2023-09-09_200748_earth.google.com](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/8/e/8e17b125a0c2d81baf5c36ea8c0ba9e71114e117.jpeg) **Description of problem** (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.): For some reason when I put my observation in it says it is located in Stonington Maine, when it is Plymouth Massachusetts. I have no clue why this is happening, and I have redone the location multiple times to try to find another spot where it won’t say Stonington. However, this one observation will not change. ---
**Author:** ![thomaseverest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/thomaseverest/32/63220_2.png) [@thomaseverest](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/thomaseverest)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-writes-location-wrong-but-puts-it-on-map-correctly/45015/2 "2023-09-10T01:14:44Z")
Welcome to the forum! Locality notes are automatically generated from Google Maps, so this is not a bug with iNat. You can edit that text if you like. ---
**Author:** ![jdmore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jdmore/32/1116_2.png) [@jdmore](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jdmore)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-writes-location-wrong-but-puts-it-on-map-correctly/45015/3 "2023-09-10T05:23:16Z")
> [@thomaseverest](#): > > Locality notes are automatically generated from Google Maps Yes, and this only happens once, at initial creation of the observation, so subsequent revisions to the location will not change this text - you have to edit it manually. ---
**Author:** ![robbieedun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/robbieedun/32/59628_2.png) [@robbieedun](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/robbieedun)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-writes-location-wrong-but-puts-it-on-map-correctly/45015/4 "2023-09-10T12:19:20Z")
Thank you, so sorry! ---
**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-writes-location-wrong-but-puts-it-on-map-correctly/45015/5 "2023-09-10T13:00:19Z")
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**Author:** ![jdmore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jdmore/32/1116_2.png) [@jdmore](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jdmore)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-writes-location-wrong-but-puts-it-on-map-correctly/45015/6 "2023-09-10T15:56:18Z")
No apologies needed! iNaturalist has a long learning curve for all of us.