So I’ve decided that something useful I can do is to go through some older ‘Unknown’ observations and add the kingdom. I’ve noticed that when I do that, I get notifications of other people going to the same observations and adding much more specific IDs, so it’s obviously getting older obs onto the …

What device are you using to add IDs? When I use my iPad and open the identify page, I can click on an observation to bring up a pop-up screen. From that screen, I can click on an arrow on the screen pointing right or the arrows on my keyboard to quickly move through everything on that page. Are y…

Yes, I’m already using that (or the pc equivalent). It’s just a slowish process when you’re doin lots of them one at a time. I was hoping there was some sort of ‘Batch Edit’ function, to speed it up.

A few seconds isn’t really a very long time to spend on an ID… If I’m consulting resources, checking keys, etc. it takes much longer. I would honestly prefer that people look carefully at observations before entering IDs rather than using a tool that allows them greater efficiency but may miss imp…

Notes or placeholder text from the observer. Unfortunately iNat destroys useful placeholder text when any ID is added. Info is gone forever. Multiple pictures all of the same subject - or does it need to be split? Should those 3 obs be combined because they show the field marks that add up to an e…

What's the fastest way to identify 'Unknown' obs?

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pisum June 18, 2024, 11:42pm 3

no, you’d have to use your own tool of some sort to do some additional automation. some related discussion: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bulk-identification-tool/5029/34.

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What's the fastest way to identify 'Unknown' obs?

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