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…

I’m not sure if this is true for all the country versions, but with the Canadian version, I get everything. The problem is that it takes forever to load, and I don’t have the patience for that.

Hmm, that’s what I was thinking. So I assume any benefits of these local nodes are mostly ‘administrative’ ones per se?

There are some minor differences if you are a curator. Otherwise not much. If it behaves the same as the Canada one, if you search places, you only get local results.

There is a NZ version of iNat which I use all the time, and here are the reasons. When I go to identify I only get NZ obs and quickly can see if there are any “new” things I haven’t seen or would like to keep an eye out for. If I see someone who consistently posts obs of things i am interested in,…

Good points @tangatawhenua , but I already do this stuff on the main node. On the explore tab, typing in Australia for place lets me see all of that information (Aus only obs, top IDers, etc) that the Australian node would also provide. Given I can bookmark the URL for Australia, it doesn’t even save…

Hi @thebeachcomber , You’re right, there’s not much difference to the seasoned user between the main node and the non-US network nodes except for the localised searches. I’ve been involved in setting up iNat AU from the Atlas of Living Australia’s side. Being an iNaturalist network member means tha…

[image] thebeachcomber: If I log into iNat Australia, does that mean I can’t interact with observations/content outside this node? if you look along the bar that has the observations/species/observers/identifiers to the left it has a little orange box that has Australia inside it and an X if …

Real Time discussions I think are limited to au.org obs. so one doesn’t have to scroll through every single comment made on iNat.org to find the comments relevant to your community.

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clay_s October 1, 2019, 1:55am 4

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/org-versus-ca/1801 mentions some small differences between the national portals and the .org.

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