Many observations from new users seem to be defaulting to the coordinates (0,0). See: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=0&nelng=0&place_id=any&swlat=0&swlng=0

fixed by developers adding some validations before observations at 0, 0 could be saved

Observations Defaulting to Coordinates (0,0)

bouteloua July 7, 2019, 1:36pm 4

Sorry for cross-posting, but:

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The San Francisco glitch

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