Continuing the discussion from "Sync obs. w/ photo metadata" not working on old uploader : @sanguinaria33 mentioned he uses the old/deprecated uploader rather than the newer one mostly because of the superior way it handles the zoom level on the map: [image] "Sync obs. w/ photo metadata" not wor…

Thanks @bouteloua for finding this topic and merging my request into it. I had searched but somehow missed this thread. I am a bit distressed that this has been requested months ago, yet is still not addressed, especially as it seems like it would be something trivially easy to implement. Perhaps t…

[image] cazort: I am a bit distressed that this has been requested months ago, yet is still not addressed, especially as it seems like it would be something trivially easy to implement. We have a team of 8 staff members, only two of whom do the majority of development on the website. So even …

When I wanted to (spend the time to) show the closer location on some of my obs recently: -Create the observation on the new explore page -Open each individual observation separately. The map displays the entire region, often multiple states -Click the edit observation button -Click zoom in butt…

[image] tiwane: Can you please walk us through your workflow? I am using the web (in Chromium), and I start on the homepage. I then hit the observations tab: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/cazort I then open an individual observation. Usually I open a bunch of these at once in a b…

For what it’s worth, this page is ancient and dates back to the early days of iNat. Hence the bugginess and design issues. Revamping other parts of the site have priority because needs in other areas are more urgent (eg lists and subscriptions and the issues they present as iNat scales). I’d be OK w…

[image] tiwane: What kind of location accuracy are you getting for your obserations made in the mobile app? Are you taking photos in the iNat app, or are you taking photos with the phone’s camera app? I’m taking photos within the iNat app. The location accuracies that it specifies tend to var…

Me three. When I edit my new obs (mostly to reorder photos) the map leaps away in horror to show The Entire World. Travel advisory activated. If it could stay zoomed to the sort of scale that taxon maps use? Or at least limited to the relevant country would help a bit.

Maintain map zoom level when creating observations

Feature Requests

DianaStuder May 16, 2025, 5:11pm 14

Still Under Review ?
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Set Default Zoom More Zoomed in When Editing Observations on Web Feature Requests	2	349	June 13, 2020
Create "Zoom to Location" button on observation maps Feature Requests	7	610	November 19, 2019
How to set the default zoom level for Google maps? General	13	3818	October 5, 2019
Unwanted map zoom-out when editing observations Bug Reports staff-can-replicate , issue-made	12	735	November 25, 2023
No accurance of observation results in global view on map Bug Reports	7	373	February 2, 2021

Maintain map zoom level when creating observations

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