To optimize their utility, I think the default taxon image should be a clear, full-body (or whatever is useful for ID) camera shot that’s easily visible without clicking the taxon profile. This would help avoid people adding incorrect agreeing IDs. To this end I think making an image the default pro…

Here are the guidelines for taxon photos: https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000184018-what-guidelines-should-i-follow-when-choosing-taxon-photos- [image] man4nature: his happened to me recently when someone went through and changed multiple taxon images from the goo…

yes please. it’s not allways the case at the moment, in my opinion. But perhaps sometimes difficult, when the members of a genus or family are not always visually similar

There was a recent discussion here about whether to include a full body image as the first taxon photo, or to use images of the actual ID features, for very difficult insects (midges to be precise): https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/taxon-photos-of-difficult-to-id-species-full-shots-or-close-ups-of-sp…

I’ve seen this talked about a few times but have never heard anyone suggest that the profile image and the suggestion image don’t necessarily have to be the same image. I’ve seen it argued both that the profile image should be an aesthetically pleasing full body shot of an individual and that the pr…

[image] taylorse: Here are the guidelines for taxon photos: https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000184018-what-guidelines-should-i-follow-when-choosing-taxon-photos- As well as the official advice from iNat help, there are several helpful forum threads with recommen…

This would mean a lot of work for curators - I think it is rather a task to be done by users who know how to identify a species. Changes for the worse may happen but then the specialists have to change again. I don’t know if it would help to allow photo curation only to users who have done identifi…

Perhaps analogous is that I’d prefer to see photos of a leaf rather than distant photos of the entire tree. But for trees it’s normal to show just the leaves as the first images, whereas for insects it’s normal to show the whole organism. Yeah, it really depends on the organism, but experts can d…

I agree the details required for a taxon photo varies by the type of organism. Sometimes, I’ve seen a taxon photo changed from something that (I thought) was good into something that did not clearly represent the taxon. How hard is it to revert to a previous taxon photo? I also agree it would be …

[image] onyxrat: How hard is it to revert to a previous taxon photo? You can do that yourself (the trick is finding that good picture again)

[image] onyxrat: How hard is it to revert to a previous taxon photo? It’s doable, but tedious. I once had to try to recreate all the photos after someone deleted them, and it was extremely tedious. It would be easier if the history page showed thumbnails of the photos, or at least consistent…

The slightly easier way is to use the obs number (but you have to find that obs first) Need to add a picture of the fruit? Pick thru all the pictures from obs that have been annotated as Fruit. Tedious.

Should/does iNat have guidelines for species/subspecies profile images

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Should/does iNat have guidelines for species/subspecies profile images

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