Issue with Observation Coordinates Drifting Outside the Selected Area Description:

[jianong_li]

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Platform (Android, iOS, Website): Website

App version number, if a mobile app issue (shown under Settings or About):

Browser, if a website issue (Firefox, Chrome, etc) : chrome

URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: any website

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Description of problem (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):

Hello,
I’ve encountered an issue while using iNaturalist: when I select a specific area on the map, the observations shown are indeed from within the selected range. However, the coordinates of these observations appear to have drifted significantly, sometimes even outside the selected area. This creates confusion and impacts the accuracy of data visualization.
Could you please clarify if this is a technical issue or due to other factors? I would greatly appreciate it if this could be resolved or if guidance could be provided on how to address the problem.

[jianong_li]

when I select a specific area on the map, the observations within the selected region consistently show their coordinates shifted to the bottom of the screen.

[jianong_li]

when I using microsoft edge vs. chrome.

all the records shift their position.

[pisum]

the problematic screenshots seem to show a case where there’s a mismatch between the zoom level of the observation data vs the rest of the map. it sort of looks like you’ve zoomed in these cases, and the screen just hasn’t caught up with your new zoom level. if you have a slower connection, you could try waiting a while, and eventually the new tiles appropriate for the zoom level may eventually load. but if there’s stilll a problem, you need to open up your browser’s network activity monitor and look to see if there is anything failing when the browser is trying to get the map tiles.

[jianong_li]

Thanks for the reply, I was suspecting it might have something to do with the browser cache being set incorrectly, I reinstalled the browser and the problem was solved.