I was just thinking about putting together a PDF or a blog post or something that would make a good reference for diagnostic views of each taxa to identify them to species. For example land snails you need a photo of the “front” of the shell, one of the umbilicus, and one photo of the profile looki…

Who is the designated audience? Keep in mind, most casual users don’t know how to identify a specimen past a very general level. And since each taxon has very different requirements, this project might get huge very quickly. Paradoxically, users may not know what to look for for ID if they don’t al…

Other than the last part it’s a good describtion of any taxon: photograph all you can and if you think it’s a not needed angle you definitely will need it for an id.

Would anyone want to work together to create a "Diagnostic views" guide

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jwidness May 2, 2020, 12:21pm 2

There was a similar discussion here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/photo-taking-recommendations-by-taxon/1962

Topic		Replies	Views
How to make pictures of land snails that allow for species identification? Nature Talk	9	2753	May 4, 2022
Recommended photographs per taxon Nature Talk	8	877	August 23, 2021
Identifying tips General	7	687	April 29, 2022
Photo taking recommendations by taxon? General	47	9278	August 20, 2020
Useful things to photograph/document Nature Talk	19	1139	August 30, 2022

Would anyone want to work together to create a "Diagnostic views" guide

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