Here’s a list of iNat updates for June 2021. Thank you, @forum_moderators, for keeping track of these!
General
- Launched Naturalista Costa Rica, supported by the Comisión Nacional para la Gestión de la Biodiversidad (CONAGEBIO) (read blog post)
- Added new evidence type annotation with options “organism”, “scat”, “track”, “bone”, “molt”, “feather”
- Improved globalization for project rules
- Continued work on API v2
- Many additional translations throughout the websites and apps - you can help
Website
- Owner of a photo can now see its original filename on its photo page
- Observers can now shift observation time zones in the Uploader interface
- Improvements to tab navigation and keyboard control
Android
- Use original/full-sized photo if available when cropping/editing
- Change the licenses of individual observations and media, as well as change default licenses
- Added Slovenian translation
iOS
- No updates this month.
Seek
- Released June Challenge, sponsored by National Geographic
- Improved performance when cell connection is spotty
- Fixes to location fetching
- Animation now illustrates how to delete observation
iNat Blog
- June 1st: Pride Month 2021 on iNat
- June 2nd: One Sixth of All Named Species Tallied!
- June 2nd: A Stick Grasshopper Displays Its Tiny Wings in Chile
- June 8th: Welcome, Naturalista Costa Rica! ¡Bienvenido, NaturalistaCR!
- June 9th: A Butterfly Alights on the Head of a Snake
- June 10th: The Rediscovery of a Lost Fish on iNaturalist
- June 22nd: A Nigerian Naturalist Spots a Lifer African Map Butterfly!
- June 24th: Meet Navin Sasikumar, an iNaturalist Monthly Supporter
- June 29th: A Chinese Naturalist Posts the First Erismanthus sinensis Plant to iNat!
- June 30th: Pride Month 2021 Wrap Up
For even more bug fixes and updates, check out iNaturalist on github and see previous monthly updates.