# Taiwan - iNaturalist World Tour

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/taiwan-inaturalist-world-tour/4796>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** inat-world-tour\
**Created:** [July 6, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/taiwan-inaturalist-world-tour/4796 "2019-07-06T16:13:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![loarie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/loarie/32/7_2.png) [@loarie](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/loarie)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/taiwan-inaturalist-world-tour/4796/1 "2019-07-06T16:13:07Z")

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We’re featuring on [Taiwan on the World Tour](https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/25994-taiwan-inaturalist-world-tour) today.

Here’s the GADM [Level 1](http://inaturalist.github.io/gadm1s.html?name=twn) and [Level 2](http://inaturalist.github.io/gadm2s.html?name=twn) places we’re using. Again, my usual questions about whether these administrative units are correct and widely used.

Today, @mutolisp sent us some more Tawianese vernacular names to upload which we will do next week.

What else can we do to improve iNaturalist in Taiwan?

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**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/taiwan-inaturalist-world-tour/4796/2 "2019-07-30T01:31:30Z")

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i can only speak as a visitor to Taiwan. in general, i _think_, the Level 1 and Level 2 distinctions are technically correct, but i _think_ most people nowadays think of Taiwan as being divided according to what’s described in Level 2. (the counties from Level 2 that fall within Level 1’s Fujian and Taiwan provinces functionally report directly up to the national government, as i understand it. so i don’t think the provinces technically _administer_ anything. if a province doesn’t administer anything, is it actually an administrative unit?)

also, “Yulin” county on the central western side of the main island should probably be “Yunlin” (see [https://www.yunlin.gov.tw/english/index.asp](https://www.yunlin.gov.tw/english/index.asp)), and “Lienkiang” county (the tiny islands to the northwest of the main island, near the mainland Chinese coast) should probably be “Lienchiang” (see [http://www.matsu.gov.tw/Enhtml/Index](http://www.matsu.gov.tw/Enhtml/Index)).

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**Author:** ![loarie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/loarie/32/7_2.png) [@loarie](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/loarie)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/taiwan-inaturalist-world-tour/4796/3 "2019-09-28T01:44:37Z")

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