I wonder if it would be possible to add a feature to the uploading page on iNat (before submitting the observations) to allow for zooming into the photo, similar to when you are viewing an uploaded observations and zooming into it. I think that this would be a useful feature to aid in identifying o…

I have found the same issue when uploading from my phone and trying to get a closer ID. I sometimes go back to my photos app to zoom in, and a few times the iNaturalist app has frozen, forcing me to restart it and reupload the photo.

Thanks, I will check that out on next upload, but my current workflow (organizing prior to upload) is more efficient anyway, so it hasn’t been slowing me down. Edit: You’re right, it works. I don’t need it, but it works. In that case, I’m not sure what the need is except in the case of subject s…

I’m actually really curious as to how people use the web uploader because for my workflow I’ve never needed to zoom in to 100%. I think this is because a) I crop and process all of my images in my photo editor then export small batches of photos at a time and never add more than about 20-30 images t…

I almost never do any “desk IDing” before I drop the photos into the uploader, so I’d find a 100% zoom useful. I also sometimes go back to my original photos to get a better view, or I right click the photo to open in it a new tab.

I had no idea you could open the photo in a new tab and zoom in! Although zooming in within the website would be useful, this might work fairly well too. Thanks!

I do not have a photo editor (just folders within my documents), but I use Apple’s Preview to do simple editing and cropping. The quality of my photos also isn’t so great, so I do not crop as much as I would like to - maybe if I could then the zoom feature wouldn’t be so useful. I never ID when edit…

After cropping and lightly editing I will upload up to 100 photos at a time. Before submitting I will add IDs I’m confident with; for others I’ll add coarse IDs and then quickly look more closely once submitted mainly so I can access the full compare function (hoping I can make my independent ID bef…

I keep uploading observations and wishing I could zoom in on some of my pictures (like I can on an observation page). It’s true that I probably could remove the need for it by cropping my photos beforehand, but that isn’t usually necessary for identification and takes a lot longer than just zooming …

But depending on the image you might force (possibly multiple) IDers to also zoom in later.

I like blurry road photos, it’s reclaiming data that would otherwise be lost, like a puzzle. I don’t crop mine because i just wouldn’t be making the observations if I had to. I do wish there was crop and/or photo annotation options within inat. It’s fine to do any or no ID help if you find someone’…

Zoom into photos (100%) when adding observations

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fluffyinca November 10, 2021, 3:48pm 34

This sentence gave me the idea that you were IDing the animals and just clicking “reviewed” for the plants.

I see you have deleted your comments now (no need to), and I’m sorry for the misunderstanding.

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Zoom into photos (100%) when adding observations

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