What if I make an observation that can’t be fully identified at the time (dormant, for example) and I want to go back and get more pictures and refine the ID later? I know that different time = different observation, but wouldn’t it be better to get better IDs?

I would add a comment in the original observation with a link to the new one, noting that it is the same specimen at a different date; similarly, you can add a link back to the original observation in the new observation. There are also observation fields that you can use for this purpose (e.g. “sa…

I’ll only add new photos to the existing observation if it’s very recent. So, going back the next day where a plant will look near-identical is fine - to me at least, I know some people would turn that into a new observation. But going back a week or more later where the morphology may well have cha…

[image] jamie-aa: I’ll only add new photos to the existing observation if it’s very recent. So, going back the next day where a plant will look near-identical is fine - to me at least, I know some people would turn that into a new observation You should make a new observation: https://www.ina…

Will do from now on. I always read the “such as returning to a plant on a later date when it’s in bloom” as in ‘when even slightly morphologically different’… and then missed where it says it explicitly in the next section!

I usually tie such observations together with the “similar observation set” field. It provides a way to see all the connected observations as a group, which makes IDs much easier. Not a lot of identifiers seem to be aware of it though and it’s easy to miss, so I also usually add a link or a note to …

Some of the things mentioned here use functionality that I don’t think is available through the phone app. How do you access it?

Which of the apps? I think Android has more functionality than the iPhone app but I’m not familiar with either beyond having made a few observations with the Android app to get location coordinates in the field. My advice would be to log into the website every now and then for data curation such as …

mine is android. I only have access on my phone unless I go to the library. websites like iNat on phone don’t do well

Refining observations?

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annkatrinrose December 2, 2023, 5:53pm 10

Android at least lets you add annotations but I don’t think observation fields are available in either of the apps. Here’s a related thread.

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Refining observations?

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