iNaturalist Updates for October 2022

[tiwane]

Here’s a list of iNat updates for October 2022:

General

• New computer vision model released!
• Continued work on API v2. Curators can test it and provide feedback, see this thread.
• Many additional translations throughout the websites and apps - you can help

Website

• Added rectangle and circle drawing tools to Explore page

Android

View all release notes

• No new version released this month.

iOS

View all release notes

• No new version released this month.

Seek

• Released October challenge

iNat Blog

• October 2nd: Welcome, iNaturalist Taiwan! 歡迎《愛自然·臺灣》
• October 3rd: Identifier Profile: @galanhsnu
• October 5th: A Miniature Lichen Forest in Brazil - Observation of the Week, 10/5/22
• October 11th: A Nose-horned Viper Crosses the Road in Kosovo - Observation of the Week, 10/11/22
• October 13th: A new Computer Vision Model including 1,368 new taxa in 37 days
• October 18th: African Silverbills in a Weaverbird Nest? - Observation of the Week, 10/18/22
• October 25: Siphonophore, or 3-D Model? - Observation of the Week, 10/25/22

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

[arboretum_amy]

If I may ask, is there a timeline for the notifications revamp? I’m impatient for it because I know I will love it so much

[tiwane]

No, there isn’t.

[arboretum_amy]

Thank you for the honest response.

[tiwane]

I wish there was, I’m sorry!

[dianastuder]

Notifications exploding around #GSB22

But CV improves wonderfully from blitz to blitz!

[jf920]

Thanks for continung to improve iNaturalist. Do you have any progress update on the new app?

[tiwane]

At the moment nothing specific, except to say that we’re continuing to work on it and have hired two new developers. One new developer will be focusing on it, and the other will be splitting time between the new app and Seek.