We have built up 10 years of biodiversity data for our region and our Moderators have created really useful species guides to what lives here. We would like to copy these into iNaturalist, but have been told that the platform is not encouraging this and the software may not be supported in future. W…

I am not at all sure, but you can create guides and they are super useful. Plus: you can edit and build upon them. It takes a long time to research and write, but it is worthit.

Hi @libbyhepburn was just searching for information on guides and happened on your thread. Had just realized that this is a feature and is not being “developed” further by Inaturalist , but can still be used to create guides. (Like this is just created on the Butterflies of Uttarakhand (India - Hi…

I think @libbyhepburn maybe referring to the creation of guides based on taxonomic filtering (and associated photographs) rather than a field guide / traditional print guide. I maybe wrong though

Hi Libby, I haven’t experimented with iNaturalist species guides, but your question is interesting. I do like the iNaturalist concept of species guides for local areas which curate the knowledge on one group, one environment or habitat. I live in the UK. I just went through a set of underwater pic…

You also can add journal posts to one major project you have or will create, so guides or links to them will be in one place.

I’d love to see complete identification information for every species on the “About” tab. And diagrams and photos or a series of photos of expertly identified observations/specimens. I’m working on a moth project, and wonder why I have to link to other sites to get basic info? I find myself going to…

Thanks Beck for your reply. I did think that what we are seeking is probably what lots of people want, but what the best solution is I am not sure. Great to have these respenses to look through. Many thanks, Libby

Dear Vi, I know you can create guides, but if iNat isn’t supporting them in future, I’m not sure what that means. Dear Ram, Thanks for your response. I didn’t think we were alone in seeing the need/benefit in local species guides. Perhaps if we knew how to organise and work with iNat better, we wou…

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Dear Melodi, That’s a good thing to remember, thanks, Libby

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