Upload multiple photos of same individual as single observation

Good Morning Pollinator Week Bioblitz Participants!

One important request for uploading observations: please make sure to upload multiple photos of the same individual pollinator as a single observations.

The problem with uploading multiple photos of the same individual (by dragging and dropping files) is that iNaturalist will create multiple observations, which inflates the number of observations. As researchers, we'd love to get some idea about relative abundances of our pollinators. So, if you take 10 photos of the same pollinator, that's great for identification purposes! But please make sure those photos are posted in a single observation -- otherwise it looks like there are 10 individuals, not 1.

I recommend uploading a single photo to make the observation, and then edit the observation to upload extra photos of the same individual. There's a little +image icon at the bottom of the primary photo and you can add multiple photos at a time this way for the same individual. If anyone knows an easier way to add multiple photos of a single individual, please feel free to comment!

If you've accidentally created multiple observations by uploading multiple photos of an individual pollinator, we'd greatly appreciate your help in curating data by removing duplicate photos and moving them into a single observation. I know that's a hassle, but it helps improve the quality of data tremendously!

Thanks so much for participating!

Posted on 24 de junho de 2021, 12:26 PM by maryajamieson