While I was reviewing a number of observations within one of my projects, I noticed multiple observers posting nearly identical photos. I’m not aware that there are any specific iNat rules about this phenomenon. From a closed topic, I see this has been discussed, but some feedback did not seem very …

This has discussed at length in other topics. Each observation records an encounter between an individual human observer and an organism. If there are ten humans present, then each of the ten observers can record observations with that one same organism. iNaturalist is, in this sense, a personal jou…

A couple of comments, even as a curator you can not see obscured coordinates. No curator can see these. The only option is to have each of your students follow you which then allows them to configure you as a trusted user which means seeing their true locations. There is no facility for shared obse…

What you’re describing is exactly what you see in bioblitzes. There doesn’t seem to be any issue with those, so I don’t really see any issue with this either.

[image] danaleeling: One could use the observation fields to link the observations together, including a proposed way to link groups of observations https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/link-observations/1367/4 Further (with few exceptions), any person besides the observer(s) can link records tog…

Other potential benefits: Multiple vantage points and angles can potentially help reconstruct things like true color, true size, even 3d shape all of which are not only cool but valuable for ID, research, education, engagement. The same thing through time can give you a better sense of behavior or…

I think it’s up to the observer to be aware of others using the site and make a note that theirs was observed by other students in the group. If it was an independent observation by another hiker of the same animal but in a different spot, I would think that was a legit observation because it was e…

As an instructor, I do try to encourage students to find unique observations. An exception might be a student with a lifetime list or an unusual observation – I do this because I want students to “do their own work.” :-) Hadn’t thought of the database issue, however. I have seen an observation I …

Same observation with multiple observers

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Same observation with multiple observers

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