Description of need:
When creating a project and filtering observations by media, there needs to be a way to include observations that include a photo, sound, or both, but not neither.
I would like my project to include observations that have photos, sound, or both, but not neither. The options to choose from are currently: [Any|Has Sound|Has Photo|Has Both Photo and Sound]. Unfortunately, selecting “Any” includes observations that include no media at all (I’m actually unsure if that’s a bug or just something not made available).
Feature request details:
I believe this feature could be implemented by including one more option in the list of media filtering options - “Has Sound and/or Photo”.
Of course, that may be confusing to people who believe “Any” would cover that option, however presently “Any” includes observations without media, which I would like to exclude from the project.
True. At present there are 4 casual observations in their project. 3 have no photos so would be excluded by the request. The remaining one is a plant that has been marked as cultivated but described as invasive so I don’t know if they want that in their project or not or if it was actually a cultivated plant or not. But it is the only one that would be affected by changing the project rules to exclude casual observations.
The fact that “photo and sound” is a distinct option makes me think maybe checking “photo” and “sound” might have or logic. But maybe that’s just another way to require both.
I do want casual observations included, however I don’t want to include observations that are virtually usless (e.g., contain no media and have a “something” identification). The suggestion to omit casual observations might be the best course of action until there is a way to omit observations without media. In the long term, though, there could be lots of casual observations that I wouldn’t want to omit.
I discovered this issue when I clicked on an observation in the map, and it showed up without a photo and without an identification. It’s not really something I want to show up there because it’s useless data. One could, in theory, destroy a project’s quality by placing lots of similar useless observations in the project area - intentionally or unintentionally.
Unfortunately the option uses a radio element rather than a checkbox element, so only one option may be selected (i.e., I cannot select both “Has Sound” and “Has Photo” to include all observations that include either sound or photo).