Is there a reason that my observation is not showing up on the map?

[bouteloua]

Hi @ckneuppe, welcome to the forum!

@ckneuppe

I have also noticed that “Casual” observations do not show up on the map found on the species page.

Some casual observations do appear on the taxon pages by default. For example, if I observe a wild organism but do not have media evidence, the observation is casual, but it will still appear on the range map. For people who do not want to view non-verifiable observations on the taxon pages, they can uncheck the box next to “Observations w/o Media”:

@ckneuppe

I occasionally see brown-shaded states and counties on the “species page map”, often with no observation teardrops, so am wondering if the brown color indicates a Casual observation is reported in that area (but then is not pinpointed).

The brownish orange color on taxon page maps indicates that the species/taxon is on a checklist for that place, but has no research grade observations on iNaturalist:

@ckneuppe

Could “Casual” be shown with a teardrop with a reversed color

If you would like to propose a new feature, such as an opt-in option to display captive observations on a certain map, please submit a separate request to the Feature Requests category. There are some guidelines here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/about-the-feature-requests-category/69

Thanks!