Platform Website Browser Chrome **URLs ** New posting Screenshots of what you are seeing [Screenshot 2023-06-22 172740] Description of problem I am posting multiple observations from a visit to Turkey (the country). When I add the observation using Chrome on my Windows 10 computer, no matter w…

Do you have the word “Turkey” in the filename of the images you are uploading? The filename is scanned automatically to find potential ID of the species.

Yes, it’s almost certainly one of the above issues with iNat reading your filenames. This is a convenience feature of iNat, but can cause issues for users who name files with something iNat recognizes/parses as an organism. You can test by renaming a file/editing any suspect exif fields and uploadin…

Incidentally, a couple of years ago Turkey notified the UN that they would like to change their official name in English to “Turkiye” (according to the state broadcaster this was partly to avoid “pejorative associations with the bird of the same name”). If you’ve bought any Turkish-made product sinc…

Problem with observations from Turkey on web app

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twainwright June 23, 2023, 2:36am 3

… or in the EXIF “title” or “keywords” fields, or perhaps in other metadata embedded in the photo? I’m not sure which other fields are scanned for species names.

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Problem with observations from Turkey on web app

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