# Introducing the iNaturalist Geomodel!

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/introducing-the-inaturalist-geomodel/45407>\
**Category:** News and Updates\
**Tags:** web, android-app, ios-classic-app\
**Created:** [September 21, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/introducing-the-inaturalist-geomodel/45407 "2023-09-21T21:27:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![optilete](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/optilete/32/1908_2.png) [@optilete](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/optilete)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/introducing-the-inaturalist-geomodel/45407/15 "2023-09-23T10:51:40Z")

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> [@Log computer vision taxon guesses](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/log-computer-vision-taxon-guesses/44224/7):
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> - the exact image being evaluated (which could vary slightly between an unresized image to be uploaded and a resized image that has been uploaded, or could have changed because the images or the order of the images in the observations has changed)
> - (if the “nearby” option is invoked) the location of the observation (or lack of a location) at the time the CV is pinged, along with the existing observations in the iNat database at the time
> - (if the “nearby” option is invoked) the **observation datetime** (or lack of an observation datetime) at the time the CV is pinged, along with the existing observations in the iNat database at the time
> - the “iconic taxon” of the observation, based on the identifications that have been made at t he time the CV is pinged

Does the Geomodel use the same parameters? Is the observation datetime included in the Geomodel?

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