Here’s a list of iNat updates for February 2024. Thanks for helping to track these, forum moderators!
General
- Added new Data Quality Assessment condition for photos unrelated to a single subject
- Launched a second Observation Accuracy Experiment (0.2)
- Released a new Computer Vision Model (2.11)
- Added a small change to ancestor disagreements (see also this forum thread)
- Continued work on new mobile app - in pre-Alpha testing with staff, and some public user testing has occurred
- Continued work on API v2 - curators can test it and provide feedback, see this topic
- Many additional translations throughout the websites and apps - you can help
Website
- Link directly to a conservation status’s edit page from taxon page (for curators)
- Curators can now unhide content they have hidden
- Minor i18n updates
Android
- Handle cases where no default camera is found
iOS
- No updates on the current version of the iOS app this month. Its replacement is in pre-Alpha testing with staff
Seek
- Released February challenge
iNat Blog
- February 1st: iNaturalist January News Highlights
- February 4th: Identifier Profile: @davidrabehevitra
- February 6th: Canary Island Woodlice!
- February 20th: New Computer Vision Model (v2.11) with 1,256 new taxa
- February 20th: Watering the Plants leads to Rare Beetle Discovery
- February 23rd: Identifier Profile: @sofiazed1
- February 26th: A second experiment to learn about the accuracy of iNaturalist observations (and updated February 29th)
- February 28th: A School of Rays in Mexico!
For even more bug fixes and updates, check out iNaturalist on github and see previous monthly updates.