I found a record in GBIF that originated in iNaturalist but was not showing up on the map when filtered to a particular speceis. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?subview=map&taxon_id=230339 Based upon this https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-lack-pin-in-map-view/7815 it appears …

[image] DT_Almquist: I’d like to be able to search for all records for a species and see them all on a map. if your set contains mappable=false records, they will never show up in the standard iNat mapping interface. the only reliable to map mappable=false records is to get their coordinates …

I still have (some) observations with accuracy>30km showing on the map as tiny squares, eg. Observations · iNaturalist

I don’t think there’s anyway to have them show up in iNat itself (but am not 100% sure). You can download the data and use mapping software to see it, or GBIF may show them, not sure. Info on the cutoff is here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/research-grade-observation-not-showing-on-map/13608/5

The bigger the area of uncertainty, the less likely that the observation was even seen anywhere within the circle. It’s not unusual for me to find observations with a 30-50km radius of uncertainty, and then when asked the observer lists a location that’s outside of even that large circle.

[image] DT_Almquist: what is the accuracy value cutoff? https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/blob/main/app/models/observation.rb#L3068-L3080 https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/blob/main/app/models/observation.rb#L2518-L2531 [image] My observation doesn't appear on the map i…

I understand that but if I don’t have a way to find the record then I can’t even ask the observer.

Thanks and interesting and corresponds with taxon geoprivacy spp getting a default ca. 29km accuracy value.

Seems odd to not be able to see iNaturalist records within iNaturalist. I sortof get why, but still weird that I can only easily see some in GBIF and there are records that don’t even get migrated to GBIF.

[image] DT_Almquist: corresponds with taxon geoprivacy spp getting a default ca. 29km accuracy value yup. it’s the same calculation, since the obscuration box is also 0.2 lat by 0.2 long. conceptually, that accuracy value represents the maximum radius of a circle that encompasses the true loc…

[image] DT_Almquist: Seems odd to not be able to see iNaturalist records within iNaturalist. you can still see them if you use Identify [image] How to use iNaturalist's Search URLs - wiki part 1 of 2 In Identify, mappable is set to any by default, but can be changed in the URL: &mappabl…

[image] How to use iNaturalist's Search URLs - wiki part 1 of 2 &mappable=false&geo=true I’m sorry; can you explain? I tried this and was still not able to see that record. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?taxon_id=230339&mappable=false

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https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/blob/main/app/models/observation.rb#L3068-L3080
https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/blob/main/app/models/observation.rb#L2518-L2531

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