Nice lil maps to include on user profiles would be heatmaps of our observations and identifications: [image] These are mine. Sorry for cropping out most of the world. A dark map base might be better.

This is a great idea but likely wouldn’t be implemented until we re-design the profile page. Will add it to ideas for that redesign, and am closing this topic.

@bouteloua is there a key to the no. of observations needed to move to the next colour on these maps?

I would love better - much better - map features here in iNat. But personally, showing my observations in the “heat map” style wouldn’t be as useful to me as it is to you. What I would love to see are maps that break a user’s observations down by continent, country, and state/province/territory. …

[image] tom_reichner: What I would love to see are maps that break a user’s observations down by continent, country, and state/province/territory. This would be far more niche, and likely only useful to people who travel a lot. It’s also not the hardest to get that information if you really w…

[image] NatePerk: If you think your request is valid, I think you should create a separate thread. Instead of asking for something non-related to this thread. Ok, but the Forum Moderator who started this thread suggested that I post this here, in this thread. That is why I did so. I’m not j…

[image] NatePerk: You say iNaturalist is confusing to search, which is confusing to me. It only took me like thirty seconds to get the boundary box for Arizona. Yeah, but you probably knew what things to click on or scroll to or type to get that info. Someone like me is not really very “web-…

[image] tom_reichner: while I see that you have Arizona filled in with red, I am not seeing where it says how many different species you have found there. How would you find that info? Is it a process that takes a minute or two, or can you just find that with a single click or by hovering the cu…

I just wanted to check recent forum posts and wasn’t planning on spending an hour playing with this…

Then I think they erred. This thread is requesting something that is already coded on the website, be placed visually on the profile. You are asking for something entirely unique and novel (in regards to iNat). It does not exist on iNaturalist. Regardless I still feel you’re not even trying. I loo…

Show heatmaps of our observations and identifications on user profiles

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earthknight July 7, 2020, 7:57am 14

That’s really cool.

Looking at mine there are quite a few observations that are missing though…

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