There is a location description that is being applied to an area that is not accurate. In iNat, “Kiawah Island Club,” https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?lat=32.5995033333&lng=-80.09735 , references an area that encompasses Kiawah Island and parts of Johns Island and Wadmalaw Island. The Kiawa…

The description you see under the map on the observation detail pages can get set by a variety of means, i.e. it is not meant to be consistent or under the system’s control. In fact, the observer can edit it to be whatever they want. We generally refer to this text as the “Locality Notes” or the pla…

I see that not all of the observations in that area reference Kiawah Island Club. On the ones that do, I suspect the name came directly from Google Maps by default. The observer can edit this location description to say anything they want, and apparently have on a few of them. But if they don’t, …

I don’t know, Google Maps seems to accurately identify the different islands [Screen Shot 2019-12-31 at 22.05.31] and Kiawah Island Club is identified as a single building. [Screen Shot 2019-12-31 at 22.08.10] That’s why I think it’s odd because when I see an observation for the Kiawah Island C…

To be clear you’re referring to the “locality notes” right? [image] I had a similar weird case pointed out to me recently, with the name of this local nature area being misspelled by whatever reverse geocoding process is going on. [image] In this case, it should be LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve, …

I’m not sure if it’s locality notes, it’s listed as the “place”. [Screen Shot 2019-12-31 at 09.10.40] And when you look at the locations of the observations, they’re not very close to the Kiawah Island Club.

[image] kueda: The iPhone app does something similar except it uses the Apple equivalent of Google’s geocoding APIs. Thanks, this explains why I was unable to return the misspelled “la baugh” when trying to diagnose the issue via Google’s geocoding service. Checking those observations, the us…

kueda , thanks for the very thorough explanation. Really a LOT going on behind the scenes (as I guess is usual for connected, online databases, but always taken for granted). In Apple Maps, I verified that, when entered as a search, Kiawah Island Club shows up as an area rather than an address (in …

[image] bouteloua: Anyone know where to report/fix these issues with Apple? If you have an Apple device, search for the address that is at issue and select it. Scroll down to the bottom and there is a selectable “Report an issue” that you can fill out. If no Apple device or Apple ID (for on…

I don’t have an Apple device. (Just trying to help troubleshoot for another user who messaged me about this issue.)

Ope, you’re too quick, I was in the process of editing my post. Want me to do “la Baugh Woods (Cook County Forest Preserve)”, I’ve got it pulled up in Apple Maps?

Questions regarding reverse geocoding (Kiawah Island Club geographic area)

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Questions regarding reverse geocoding (Kiawah Island Club geographic area)

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