iPhone app: how much do you rely on it?

[tiwane]

@jnstuart

My understanding from something I read is that you can use the iOS app to observe and upload even when you’re out of cell phone range, that it completes the upload when you’re back in range

Sort of. You have to manually upload those observations, it’s not autotmatic. Otherwise the app would drain your battery by constantly searching for an internet connection and we decided that wasn’t great. :-)

See this tutorial:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-the-inaturalist-mobile-app-without-an-internet-connection/11620

@jnstuart

But how does it capture the coordinates?

Even when in airplane mode or without internet service, the phone’s GPS antenna(e?) still function. However, with no cell towers or wifi networks to triangulate from, it might take longer for you to get an accurate location.