Here’s a list of iNat updates for September 2021. Thank you @forum_moderators for keeping track of these!
General
- Taxon geoprivacy status for place no longer overrides the status set for descendant places
- Continued work on API v2
- Many additional translations throughout the websites and apps - you can help
Website
- Now translated into Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) - 50% translated
- Improvements to taxon ranges
- Curators now have a tool to estimate the destinations of input taxon IDs once a taxon split is committed (to specific output taxa or to the common ancestor) to help determine whether the split is necessary, optimize atlases, and minimize ID coarsening from splits)
- Added consistent subnavigation menu and styling to pages such as Your Favorites and Identifcations by
@user - Improvements to pages when Google Maps is blocked
Android
- Cache clearing improvements
- Fixed a bug where deleting photos undid other photo edits
- Photos reordered on the website are now reflected in the app
- Location precision radius under 1 meter is now rounded up to 1 meter instead of being deleted
- Other bug and crash fixes
iOS
- Version 3.2.2 released - numerous bug fixes, taxon name standardization, and user interface tweaks
- Version 3.2.3 released - crash fix for iOS 15
Seek
- September Challenge released
- Indonesian language support
- Fix for iPad mini implementation
iNat Blog
- September 7th: Identifier Profile: @nathantaylor
- September 7th: A Volcanic Vaccinium in Costa Rica
- September 14th: Worm Wars in the Intertidal
For even more bug fixes and updates, check out iNaturalist on github and see previous monthly updates.