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

[kelpsey]

Hello, I am having a similar problem, where observations that are within Sleeping Giant Provincial Park boundaries, tagged in a similar location, show that they are part of the Park, however don’t show up in the Park’s Project - https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/sleeping-giant-provincial-park

I have edited the location of this observation a couple times, and it doesn’t appear in the project:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182269859

The other observations that I have made within the park, that aren’t appearing in the project are:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&subview=table&user_id=kelpsey&verifiable=any

It just appears to be within a certain location in the park. The boundaries are correct, the observation range doesn’t exceed the boundaries. They show up on the map of the park (see picture below) but still don’t show up in the project.

Sorry for the bother, and thanks for your time,
Kelpsey

[thebeachcomber]

welcome to the forum

@kelpsey

show that they are part of the Park

your observations are not appearing in the project because they do not fall within the place Sleeping Giant Provincial Park. If you zoom in on the park boundaries, you’ll see there’s a big square hole in it

your missing observations are all located within this hole

[kelpsey]

Wow thank you for the quick reply, yes that makes sense. Thanks for pointing that out, as it only appears on that particular map, and doesn’t correspond to the locaitons in the list above, which saying SGPP. Will adjust, thanks!

[kem_luther]

I have a collection project, but certain posts that fit the criteria are not showing up in the project after 24 hours.

Project: https://inaturalist.ca/projects/buck-hill-in-sect-63-metchosin-bc

Post that does show up: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/190275513

Post that does not show up: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/190250280

                               Kem

[jwidness]

Welcome to the forum!

The one that isn’t in the project is outside the geographic area defined for the project.

[scarpen101]

Hello! I am new to iNaturalist and have recently started my own collection project. I uploaded an observation to my iNaturalist, but it has not been automatically added to my project although it fits all of the requirements that I set. I have gone through my settings multiple times and cannot find any reason why my observation wouldn’t be automatically added. Is there anything I could be doing wrong? Thanks in advance!

[janetwright]

Hi @scarpen101! Good for you for creating a project. I suggest you give us a link to the project and to the observation that isn’t going in. Then maybe we can trouble-shoot the problem.

[jwidness]

It looks like you put a different username in the project requirements.

[scarpen101]

Hello! Yes, I was trying to add my username into the project requirements but it was not letting me add my username for some reason, and the sdcarpen username was popping up instead, but I will try again, thank you!

[pamelabarnabee]

We are using iNat to document a BioBlitz. Our project is https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/audubon-trails-nature-center-bioblitz-2024
We would like to add observations that were made without photos, but they aren’t showing up in the project. We have data quality set to include casual. We are using the date and location of the BioBlitz, May 19 and Rolla, MO, USA with our observation entries. Two examples are https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/220674563 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/220662899

[jwidness]

The recorded accuracy on those two observations is >10 km, making them too large for the required place filter.

[nberhe]

Hello,
iNaturalist iPhone help - version 3.3.4 build 719 ios 15.5 user id: 5634240 username: nberhe
I joined the project Summer 2024Reinstein Woods Bioblitz and no ones observations are showing up at all

Platform All
App version number, if a mobile app issue (shown under Settings): 3.3.4 build 719 ios 15.5
Browser Chrome
URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: I included examples of observations not showing up, the bioblitz project page, and general project that the observation shows up on

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/summer-2024-reinstein-woods-bioblitz

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232676525

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232679799

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232678097

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/reinstein-woods-nature-preserve?tab=observations

Screenshots of what you are seeing (instructions for taking a screenshot on computers and mobile devices: https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/):

Description of problem (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):

I joined this project weeks ago and noticed that no observations are showing up on the bioblitz page, but they are showing up in the preserve’s general project.

Step 1: upload an observation to Summer 2024 Reinstein woods bioblitz
Step 2:Head to https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/summer-2024-reinstein-woods-bioblitz and view observations
Step 3: The project has no observations

[Vireya]

The bioblitz date range is 30th July to 6th August. Is it the 30th July there yet? Maybe too early in the morning for any observations yet?

[pisum]

@Vireya

Is it the 30th July there yet?

this is how the project’s datetime range is set up:

{
  "field": "d1",
  "value": "2024-07-30T07:00:00.000-07:00",
  "value_keyword": "2024-07-30T07:00:00.000-07:00"
},
{
  "field": "d2",
  "value": "2024-08-06T21:00:00.000-07:00",
  "value_keyword": "2024-08-06T21:00:00.000-07:00"
},

so the project doesn’t begin until 7AM Pacific Time, but the place itself is in the Eastern time zone.

@nberhe

upload an observation to Summer 2024 Reinstein woods bioblitz

you can’t manually add an observation to a “collection” project. observations are included or not included in these projects based solely on the project rules.

[nberhe]

This makes sense, I think is because of the time zone being in Pacific Time. Thanks for the help

[nberhe]

Thanks for the suggestion. You’re right about it being early since its too early for the Pacific time zone

[martin487]

Someone in this project https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/forestdale is trying to add their observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240719043
but it isn’t showing up in project despite being in the location that the project should observations for.
Is it because the observation was made prior to the date the project was created, despite the observation being created in iNat after the project was created?

[susanne-kasimir]

I suppose this is a collection project, which means you can not add your observations but they are automatically included if they meet the requirements. This is a known problem: if the accuracy circle is partly outside the location limits, it will not be included. You can either move the pin and make the circle smaller so that it falls completely within the boundaries or make a traditional project, where you can add the observations manually.

[martin487]

Hi thanks. Will ask the owner of the observation to reduce the size of the circle.

[cthawley]

This isn’t really a problem, but an intentional design choice for how projects work. Please only edit locations to lower accuracy (higher precisions) if the location is known to that precision level, not just so that they meet the requirements for projects.