Sugestion: showing latest news from your city / country

[pisum]

@jef

I do see the utility in something which shows notable and novel observations. It would inadvertently flag A LOT of maverick mid-identifications.

a bunch of misidentifications is exactly why i think something like this would not be useful for most people.

@pisum

the underlying feature is available through the API, too, but there are some quirks to it. see https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-find-out-of-range-observations-wiki/4271/2 .

when i use it filtered for my local metro area, about half the time there are new species identified, they’re incorrect IDs based on computer vision suggestions. another portion are cases when there are taxon changes, and occasionally you do get new species