Hi, I have found multiple observations from different observers using the exact same picture of the same individual. Is there any added values of observing the same individual multiple times at the same date in the same place? Is there a way to mark these observations as duplicate so that only one…

[image] Italopithecus: [image] amatala: Is there a way to mark these observations as duplicate so that only one becomes research grade and all others are just (casual?) duplicates? It would be desirable but at present I think it is impossible. iNat observations are meant to represent a…

I’ve removed the links above as the forum is not a place to call users out for their actions on iNaturalist itself. In regards to the general scenario, observers can use another person’s photo rarely if they do so with permission, though this is not encouraged. If there are photos that have been c…

Thanks for the response. Yes I agree that there could be some value to users observing the same individual with their own pictures and it would be hard to tell anyway that it’s the same individual when pictures are taken with different cameras, from different angles and so on. Concerning the flag f…

I check the timestamp and the earliest / oldest I presume is the copyright holder. Flag later obs for copyright infringement. Or leave a note on both - duplicate - whose photo ?

This happens often with classes or people on group walks, guided hikes, etc. Not so much with the same photo, but essentially the same observation made by multiple observers. I think the benefit (of new people becoming enamored of iNat) outweighs the cost (of it appearing that there are more of an o…

There’s been a big problem lately with groups of students uploading the same photo sets - you’ll have 20 or 30 accounts all adding the same picture, but the identifications, dates, and locations vary wildly. In some cases it appears their teachers are actually giving them the images and assigning th…

[image] graysquirrel: There’s been a big problem lately with groups of students uploading the same photo sets - you’ll have 20 or 30 accounts all adding the same picture, but the identifications, dates, and locations vary wildly. In some cases it appears their teachers are actually giving them t…

You can check the banner at the bottom with a row of nearby or relatives. That is where I notice, wait, I have seen that before, or duplicate of the obs I am already busy with.

[image] amatala: Is there any added values of observing the same individual multiple times at the same date in the same place? If I have understood, you did not mean users posting exactly the same photo but uploading different photos of exactly the same individual. For me absolutely no or ve…

My understanding is that each observation is a record of one person’s observation of one organism on one occasion. So, if a group of seventeen people find a single specimen of an interesting plant, it would be fine for there to be seventeen observations of that plant. Some people might find it tedio…

Multiple observations using the same picture

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Multiple observations using the same picture

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