Platform(s), such as mobile, website, API, other: All URLs (aka web addresses) of any pages, if relevant: N/A Description of need: Having a way to look at observations based on ecoregions rather than geopolitical boundaries improves understanding of data, and would help to spot outliers that may …

[image] michaelpirrello: we’d be able to visualize the observations in ecoregions you can do this in your own custom map: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/in-pursuit-of-mappiness-part-1/21864#want-another-example-in-arcgis-online

So would their be similar benefit with the marine places just to have the visualization?

If I was putting together a map as a final work product, this is great! But when I’m actively trying to do cleanup IDs in real time, I don’t really want an 8 step process (even if they’re easy steps). I also want something that directly interacts with the iNat platform (i.e. I can click the dot to g…

If you’re going out of iNat to make custom maps you can make maps of any sort. That’s not exactly user-friendly though, and many (if not most) users would have no idea how to do it, or have the necessary software either. A simple toggle on the map (same as the species ranges and AOI layer option i…

[image] earthknight: many (if not most) users would have no idea how to do it, or have the necessary software either that’s why i linked to a tutorial that explains how to do it, using free tools. [image] michaelpirrello: when I’m actively trying to do cleanup IDs in real time, I don’t r…

[image] pisum: i think this kind of thing is sort of a niche request I think this means I haven’t made a compelling enough argument! I grew up in south central Pennsylvania, not far from a crossroads of Americana, namely, where the Appalachian Trail crosses the Mason-Dixon Line (not far from…

I very much disagree that it’s a niche request. I’d argue that it’s actually very strange that a platform that is based on ecology and species ranges doesn’t have an ecoregion overlay option in its basemap. The only real issue I see with it is that there are now so many observations that they occlu…

I add all my Cape Peninsula obs to this project - where we are asked to add the ecoregion. Scientists KNOW where the invisible lines are, I don’t. https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/habitats-s-afr Ecoregions are relevant to iNatters. Political and historical boundaries are practical, but not rel…

I think it would be helpful and better than nothing but not as complete as having an actual place as a filter.

Visualize ecoregions as map background

Feature Requests

bobmcd May 21, 2022, 4:08pm 2

There has also been this request.
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/implement-standard-marine-places-for-the-worlds-oceans/1458

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