Search by location accuracy under Edit Observations/Batch Edit

someone wrote a tutorial describing how to batch edit a list of specific observations: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/batch-updating-location-accuracy/11421. this seems like it would offer a way to do what you’re asking for.

i would offer an alternative to the steps 2 & 3 in the tutorial. instead of exporting a list of observations and filtering down that list, i would just produce a list of observation ids using an API request and a little parsing of the response.

for example, this (https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/observations?acc=false&user_id=robert_taylor&only_id=true&per_page=200) returns:

{"total_results":2640,"page":1,"per_page":200,"results":[{"id":73295636},{"id":73295635},{"id":73295615},{"id":71718871},{"id":71718870},{"id":71718867},{"id":71718866},{"id":71718865},{"id":71718864},{"id":71718863},{"id":71718862},{"id":71718858},{"id":71718857},{"id":71718854},{"id":71718852},{"id":71718850},{"id":71718849},{"id":71718848},{"id":71718846},{"id":71718845},{"id":71718844},{"id":71718843},{"id":71718836},{"id":71718835},{"id":71718832},{"id":71718831},{"id":71718829},{"id":71718826},{"id":71718825},{"id":71718823},{"id":71718822},{"id":71718821},{"id":71718819},{"id":71718816},{"id":71718815},{"id":71718814},{"id":71718812},{"id":71718811},{"id":71718809},{"id":71718807},{"id":71718806},{"id":71718805},{"id":71718803},{"id":71718802},{"id":71718800},{"id":71718799},{"id":71718795},{"id":71484833},{"id":71484831},{"id":71484829},{"id":71484828},{"id":71484827},{"id":71484826},{"id":71484824},{"id":71484823},{"id":71484820},{"id":71484819},{"id":71484817},{"id":71484815},{"id":71484812},{"id":71484811},{"id":71484810},{"id":71484809},{"id":71484808},{"id":71484805},{"id":71484804},{"id":71484803},{"id":71484800},{"id":71484799},{"id":71484796},{"id":71484795},{"id":71484793},{"id":71484791},{"id":71484790},{"id":71484789},{"id":71484788},{"id":71484787},{"id":71484786},{"id":71484783},{"id":71484779},{"id":71484778},{"id":71484774},{"id":71484773},{"id":71484771},{"id":71484768},{"id":71484767},{"id":71484766},{"id":71484764},{"id":71484763},{"id":71484762},{"id":71484758},{"id":71484756},{"id":71484755},{"id":71484754},{"id":71484753},{"id":70149533},{"id":70149528},{"id":70149526},{"id":70149524},{"id":70149523},{"id":70149522},{"id":69103029},{"id":69103016},{"id":69103000},{"id":69102998},{"id":69102997},{"id":69102991},{"id":69102986},{"id":69102982},{"id":69102979},{"id":69102975},{"id":69102969},{"id":69102961},{"id":69102950},{"id":69102947},{"id":69102944},{"id":69102937},{"id":69102929},{"id":69102923},{"id":69102918},{"id":69102910},{"id":69102895},{"id":69102888},{"id":69102882},{"id":69102880},{"id":69102870},{"id":69102866},{"id":69102862},{"id":69102833},{"id":69102817},{"id":69102816},{"id":69102815},{"id":69102813},{"id":69102812},{"id":69102808},{"id":69102807},{"id":69102806},{"id":69102801},{"id":69102800},{"id":69102799},{"id":69102798},{"id":69102797},{"id":69102796},{"id":69102795},{"id":69102793},{"id":69102792},{"id":69102789},{"id":69102787},{"id":69102785},{"id":69102782},{"id":69102780},{"id":69102779},{"id":69102777},{"id":69102775},{"id":69102772},{"id":69102771},{"id":66933588},{"id":66933586},{"id":66933585},{"id":66933584},{"id":66933583},{"id":66933582},{"id":66933581},{"id":66933580},{"id":66933579},{"id":66933578},{"id":66933577},{"id":66933576},{"id":66933574},{"id":66933573},{"id":66933572},{"id":66933570},{"id":66933569},{"id":66933566},{"id":66933562},{"id":66933561},{"id":66933560},{"id":66933559},{"id":66933558},{"id":66933557},{"id":66933556},{"id":66933555},{"id":66933554},{"id":66933553},{"id":66933552},{"id":66933549},{"id":66933548},{"id":66933547},{"id":66933544},{"id":66933543},{"id":66933542},{"id":66933541},{"id":66933540},{"id":66933539},{"id":66933538},{"id":66933537},{"id":66933536},{"id":66933535},{"id":66933534},{"id":66933533}]}

do a little find-and-replace, trim the beginning and end, and you get this:
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