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Platform Android
App version number, if a mobile app issue (shown under Settings or About): 1.24.0
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[Not iNaturalist Staff]
The gibberish code youâre seeing is whats known as an areas Plus Code (https://maps.google.com/pluscodes/)
It essentially is a generally more âaccessibleâ and readable alternative to lat, long numbers, designed to act as an address name for places with poor street address coverage.
So essentially what youâre seeing when you enter the coords is Googleâs attempt to reverse geocode (give a name to coordinates) the location of the sighting, in this case in lieu of steet names and a number it gives you the Plus Code along with the general locality.
No worries, I donât think thereâs much iNat can do about it without switching the service they use for reverse geocoding, basically Google is going âI donât know the street address for the coordinates you gave, so Iâll tell you its Plus-Code street addressâ which is the most precise global reverse-geocoding system available.
And this is actually a new thing. I hadnât had it before. Maybe the staff can implement a area-based naming system. Eg. calling this location âPalaiyoothu, Trincomalee, Sri Lankaâ.
