In the collection project settings for one of my projects, I am attempting to add Jackson County, Ohio as one of the included places. However, there seems to be a Jackson County in just about every state, and when I type in “jackson county” the dropdown will never list the Ohio county no matter what…

If you find an observation that is in the place you want, then open the “Details” under the map, you can see a list of places. [places] Pointing your mouse at any of those places will show you the numeric code for the Place ID (it shows down at the bottom of the screen for me). You can then use t…

Hmm I’m able to see the place ID but when I type it in nothing comes up…

There is also a search feature on the Places page: https://www.inaturalist.org/places Searching for Jackson County gives a list where one of them is for Ohio: https://www.inaturalist.org/places/jackson-county-oh-us with an ID of 1693. That being said I tried to add it to a project and whilst you …

So any of these solutions help? https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/counties-cannot-be-added-to-project-or-selected-in-identify/28594

Closing to focus at https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/counties-cannot-be-added-to-project-or-selected-in-identify/28594/37

Place not Showing up in Project

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Place not Showing up in Project

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