Why don't these observations show up in this project? - "Official" Topic

Project: Biodiversity of Baldwin County, Alabama

Example observation: Pantropical Jumping Spider

I notice that some observations made within the geographic boundary are not picked up by the project. Any suggestions? I thought it was automatic and it seems to be with many other observations.

Thak you!

That observation is in the project, you can see it at the bottom of the project page.

The badge will only show up on the observation page if the observer has joined the project.

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OK, thanks, but it does not show on the observation page? And BTW this project is not under or a part of Biodiversity in Alabama.

This user has joined Biodiversity of Alabama, but has not joined Biodiversity of Baldwin County. Because they haven’t joined Biodiversity of Baldwin County, the badge doesn’t show up on the observation page.

Thank you. That answers my questions.

Some of my observations aren’t added to my project. How can l fix it?
For example, this point is on the map 54.717854, 20.552545 ( and this point is in my territory of the project)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94924551
The project
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bioraznoobrazie-suzdalskogo-parka
In the settings of the project, l don’t mark taxons, so it should be all observations added automatically.

The accuracy circle that you’ve set for your observation is quite large (191 m), and it exceeds the boundaries of your place (and thus does not get included); if you reduce this accuracy circle, it will show in your project.

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Thank you!

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The project link: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/joseph-tribble-park

The place link: https://www.inaturalist.org/places/179645

Here’s what it looks like on the map:

Without the location selected:

With the location selected:

I read some of the other threads on the topic, and made the border for the place a bit wider than it needs to be to include more observations with large location circles, but I know that many of my observations have smaller location circles, so I don’t think that’s the problem.

I think I’ve somehow messed up with creating the location, but I’m not sure how…

The project is meant to show any observations within the border of the place, but none of them are showing up.

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It looks like it just needed some time – both the place and the project look ok to me now.

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Oh, well that’s a relief! Thank you!

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Hi. I’m testing a project I set up. This is the link: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/stafford-township-arbor-day-scavenger-hunt.
I uploaded a photo of a white oak, which meets the parameters, but it will not connect to the project (which I’ve joined). Does anyone know what could be wrong?
Thanks.

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i assume you’re talking about this observation (which is your only white oak observation): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106703910.

this observation lacks a photo, and the project requires that its observations have photos. add a photo, and see what happens.

It’s showing a photo on my end

if you see a photo in your app but not on the web, you might have to sync your app.

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How is that done?

if you have observations to be synced in your Android app, you should see a Sync option (a green bar) on the My Observations page in the app. make sure you have an internet connection, and click on Sync. also see https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/getting+started#android (step 7).

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I took 2 additional pictures, and they showed on the project page. Thank you for your help.

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There is another reason why observation is not included in a project. It is likely that it is because the circle of coordinates of the observation exceeds the limit of the project. Try editing the observation and making the circle of coordinates around the observations smaller.
Regards

Yes, I’ve seen this a lot with places that are small in area or narrow, where the accuracy circle is likely to be as large, or larger than the span of the place.

A good example is The High Line in Manhattan, New York City. I created a Place and Project for this park in support of an iNaturalist workshop I did for them last year. There was neither in iNaturalist before that.

Place:
https://www.inaturalist.org/places/the-high-line

Project:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/the-high-line-new-york-city