Hello all! I was interested to know whether photos uploaded to iNat are reduced in size/quality and by how much. I’ve noticed that when you go into an image’s information (by clicking the ‘i’ icon on it), that it gives you are range of sizes: Sizes * small medium large original as seen here: h…

i wouldn’t rely on iNaturalist to be a repository of high-quality photos. [image] Enlarging photo on identify or observation page very slow iNat reduces all larger images to no bigger than 2048 x 2048 pixels. “Original” might not be the best name. Any suggestions?

Thanks folks! It’s partly iNat’s fault I even give a damn about photo quality! Wasn’t interested in photography at all. Now I have expensive cameras and millions of pics. Time for a hard drive upgrade ;)

iNatimage instead of ‘original’

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Photo size and quality when re-downloading images

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robertarcher397 August 5, 2019, 12:40pm 3

The maximum size kept is 2048 in any direction. Therefore keep your images safe!

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