In a project of small area size (eg 25sqm) a lot of observations are not appearing though I know the location very precise down to 10 cm (As my iPhone has difficulties to locate exactly because of building reflections, I correct all observations manually to the precise position). So the position is …

welcome to the forum :) [image] juergreber: Could I instead set the accuracy of my observations manually to what is real (eg 10cm)? yes, you can manually adjust the accuracy of any of your observations, either during the uploading process or retrospectively after they’re already uploaded. D…

@thebeachcomber : Thank you very much! I did the manual correction on my iPhone app and there it’s not possible to change the accuracy. So I got it now and I will overwork my records online and correct there. As my guess was, they now appear in my project when having the accuracy circle within the …

[image] juergreber: Actually I would rate this as beeing a bug. For my understanding all records having the coordinates within the boundaries should show up - independent of the accuracy circles. They then only should be flagged as possibly uncertain to be within the area. This is not a bug, …

@thebeachcomber : Ok, thanks. This explains how it works (coordinates must be within the area boundaries AND accuracy circle completly within the surrounding rectangle) and confirms my first guess. I saw now how to work around to get the surrounding rectangle beeing much bigger than the project area…

Observations do not show up in small project areas of less or similar size as location accuracy

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thebeachcomber September 20, 2021, 9:29am 4

This is not a bug, but rather intended behaviour; the accuracy circle must fall within the bounding box surrounding your place. See https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/projects-and-location/26452/23 for a great explanation of this.

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Observations do not show up in small project areas of less or similar size as location accuracy

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