iNaturalist Updates for January 2021

[tiwane]

Here’s a list of iNat Updates for January of 2021. Thank you @bouteloua, @jwidness, and other moderators for keeping track of these throughout the month!

General

• Adding/Removing Curator status can now only be done by staff and network site admins (see discussion)
• New Curator application form (read the Curator Guide first)
• Many additional translations throughout the websites and apps

Website

• Redesigned account settings page
• Users can now delete a flag they created (as long as it hasn’t been resolved and there are no comments on it)
• Admin_level parameter added to places search (thanks to volunteer viatrix)

Android

• Duplicate an observation by tapping the three dots in the top right corner of an existing observation
• Ability to remove the date, time, and location from an observation, for privacy purposes
• Share the location of an observation by tapping the share icon on an existing observation
• Made annotation order static
• Fixed a bug where location uncertainty was being updated incorrectly
• Major updates to taxon chooser (in beta testing - you can help!)

iOS - version 3.1 released

• App storage use reduced - it shouldn’t gobble up very large amounts of storage any longer
• App will no longer store crash logs/analytics if opted out via website or “Prefer No Tracking” preference that was added to Settings screen
• Bug fix: removing a photo from an observation now actually removes it from the observation

Seek

• Various bug fixes and improvements
• Added a Share feature, which allows you to share an observation (must be identified to species) directly to Facebook or save an image to your device with Seek logo and ID watermark. You must be signed in to iNaturalist in order to share an observation and the watermark only works on square images (crop functionality is included).

iNat Blog

• January 4th: Slimelilies in the Algerian Desert
• January 12th: The First iNat Observation of a Rare Brazilian Viper
• January 19th: An Iranian Bird Guide and Bright Pink Native Plant
• January 25th: A Japanese Mycologist and a Poison Fire Coral Fungus
• January 31st: Rest in Peace, Greg

For even more bug fixes and updates, check out iNaturalist on github and see previous monthly updates.

[zdanko]

Awesome! Can’t wait to see more coming in the future!

[kaipatiki_naturewatc]

Thanks. Re:

“* Share the location of an observation by tapping the share icon on an existing observation”

Does this allow the user to apply the same location to other observations of their own?

I cant find the icon, or perhaps I just dont recognise it, on my Android Galaxy tablet. Is it a phone thing? And is the same function in the MacOSversion?

[vihaking277]

New user settings already exist.

[thomaseverest]

This is what it looks like on my android.

I am a beta tester though if that makes a difference.

[kaipatiki_naturewatc]

@thomaseverest

This is what it looks like on my android.

Thanks Thomas. No part of that image is familiar to me! Is it a phone? I cant see small screens well enough to use iNat on mine for more than the occasional unedited upload.

[thomaseverest]

Yep that’s my phone. Are you using the app on your tablet?

[kaipatiki_naturewatc]

No, I browse the iNat and Forum webpages, usually in Chrome.

[thomaseverest]

Oh OK. I think the Android section (including the location sharing) just refers to the app. You should check it out. :)