I’m sure this is in a FAQ somewhere (so apologies if it is), but what’s the actual difference between using iNaturalist and iNaturalist Australia. If I log into iNat Australia, does that mean I can’t interact with observations/content outside this node? And conversely, if I log into the ‘classic’ iN…

Cheers Carrie (and everyone who’s responded) :)

My understanding is that if you select the iNaturalistAU network in your settings your observations will be stored in the CSIRO database rather than on an overseas server. The database of Australian flora and fauna will be used to identify observations and any endangered flora and fauna will be flag…

[image] Andill: your observations will be stored in the CSIRO database rather than on an overseas server. This is a misunderstanding. All iNaturalist observations are stored in the same cloud infrastructure. The network sites do not use localized servers or separate infrastructure. However, l…

I’m a tad confused: if I upload a bunch of old observations from Australia (which I plan to do soon) but I’m not affiliated with iNaturalistAU, does that mean that they can’t see obscured coordinates without some sort of manual action from me?

[image] serpophaga: if I upload a bunch of old observations from Australia (which I plan to do soon) but I’m not affiliated with iNaturalistAU, does that mean that they can’t see obscured coordinates without some sort of manual action from me? It depends on whether they are manually obscured …

Got it-- that’s what I would have assumed (that they can access sensitive taxa location data that are automatically obscured by iNat) I just wanted to make sure. Thank you!

One issue that the ALA could address is to better line up Australian accepted taxon nomenclature and conservation status. This will have multiple benefits and get rid of a lot of confusion, particularly for taxa that do not occur anywhere else. The ALA holds all the data needed for this. Ideally it …

I’ve done some work on this between ALA and iNaturalist for sensitive species, ie those taxa that need to be obscured that are listed here: https://lists.ala.org.au/public/sdsLists . I found the matches for most records in iNaturalist and applied the status. This means that they’ll be obscured in iNa…

@peggydnew great to hear that this work is underway. It is obviously very early in the process. I see why sensitive species, EPBC listed species and then hopefully State listed EVNT species would receive attention first. This will be one of the major benefits of iNaturalist Australia, which is by de…

It is early. It’s quite a big job - the listings are published all over the place, and then matching the taxonomies isn’t trivial! Good to hear that it’s valuable work.

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