Platform (Android, iOS, Website): iPhone 16 Pro IOS: iNat (not classic) and website. App version number, if a mobile app issue (shown under Settings or About): 1.0.2 (the latest version when this is uploaded) Browser, if a website issue (Firefox, Chrome, etc) : Google Chrome URLs (aka web addr…

Thanks, that is indeed something we need to correct. I created a ticket for us to work on this. I think we are wrongly using accuracy as the diameter and not the radius of the circle but I can’t be for certain yet, before I have looked into more details.

[Screenshot_20250723-103541] [Screenshot_20250723-103600] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/300257723 FYI, I can see the same problem on a single platform but different screens. I’m a beta tester on version 1.36.8 (628) of the Android app on a Pixel 8.

How are we doing about this case? The problem is still accuring. Best Regards, William

Thanks for all your patience. I believe this is fixed in the upcoming version 1.0.18 (already testable in the open beta).

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tiwane March 18, 2026, 9:22pm 6

Beta version is looking good to me.

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