The boundary of Arbeláez (Cundinamarca, Colombia) in the map of Inaturalist does not match with the real current boundary

[paulillapolilla]

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URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages:

LINK 1: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/lepidopteros-de-arbelaez-cundinamarca?tab=observations&subtab=map

LINK 2: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1414794#map=10/4.2290/-74.398 1

Screenshots of what you are seeing:

Inaturalist map of Arbeláez, Cundinamarca, Colombia:

Actual location of the municipality of Arbeláez, Cundinamarca, Colombia:

Description of problem:

Step 1:

Hello, i am researching the diversity of Lepidoptera in the municipality of Arbeláez (Cundinamarca, Colombia). However, the municipal boundary shown in iNaturalist does not match the current administrative boundary in OpenStreetMap.

Therefore, the observations recorded in iNaturalist do not actually correspond to the municipality, and some are not included in the project. (LINK 1).

Step 2: In OSM, boundary 1414794 (admin_level=6, border=administrative) appears correctly drawn. However, the polygon displayed in iNaturalist seems displaced or outdated (LINK 2).

Could the place boundary be refreshed from the current OSM relation ship?

Thank you.

[pisum]

i think the usual guidance is to flag the place on the iNaturalist site and hope for iNat staff to eventually update the boundaries (probably as part of an eventual overhaul of “standard” place boundaries). however, i’m not aware of iNat staff changing boundaries since the last update over 6 years ago (see https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/colombia-inaturalist-world-tour/4730), nor has that been mentioned as something they’re working on.

so if you’re looking to use a place that has boundaries like those from OSM, i think the fastest way to achieve that goal is to create your own place. you can go to https://overpass-turbo.eu/ and use the following script to get the boundaries of your place:

relation(1414794);
out;
>;
out skel;

then export as KML and upload the KML file to iNaturalist. more information on that process is available here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-import-a-place-from-openstreetmap-into-inaturalist-using-overpassturbo-web-based/41046.

[LostInCR]

iNat boundaries do not match up correctly with most boundaries in the areas I have visited. I believe I read it is because of the data set iNat uses and not something iNat directly prepared.

[pisum]

for what it’s worth, there’s some additional discussion in this thread: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/wrong-country-in-border-region/54405/10.

[paulillapolilla]

Thank you so much for your help!!
Your recommendation worked! I was able to upload the KML map with the correct boundaries to Inat and link it to my project!