When searching for multiple taxa, think it would be extremely helpful if the observation pins showed up in different colors (or customizable colors) especially if both already default to the same color (if all species searched for were plants, for example). I’m thinking this would be very helpful f…

Use unique colors for observation pins when searching for multiple species

karoopixie December 2, 2019, 7:06pm 11

Unfortunately this isn’t working with the current map pins all being orange :-(

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