Observation from British Columbia shows Rockport WA 98283 but map location and Details are correct

Platform:Mac OS 15.7.4

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Browser, if a website issue: Safari Version 26.3 (20623.2.7.18.1)

URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137140289

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Description of problem: This location information under the map (left hand side where it says Rockport WA) is different than the map & details where it points to Port Moody, BC.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137140289

This isn’t a bug. The location text is automatically generated from Google, and while it is sometimes wrong, it doesn’t update if the location is changed. What likely happened is that the observation was originally uploaded with a location in WA, and then the map pin was moved to BC. The text doesn’t update automatically but it can be edited to say whatever the user likes. The actual coordinates of the pin are what the location of the observation is.

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