LOCATION TOO VAGUE
Please refine your location. Check the point (zoom in deep) and reduce the Location Accuracy [= error or precision] as to as small a value or circle as is valid.
The app should be accurate to 5m, but anything above 22km radius exceeds the resolution considered as "obscured" on iNaturalist.
When first switching on the app, please make sure the GPS is on, and give the app about a minute to find out where you are. Once found, it should remain accurate to metres for the rest of the period until you close the app.
If you take the pictures with the camera and then add them to the app, you will need to manage the Location Accuracy manually.
Default values that can be used include 10m using a GPS in the open, 30m under trees, and 250m when travelling at 100km/h.
Dont mistake accuracy for places. If you are inside a park or small reserve, the accuracy is not a circle encompassing the area - it is an circle (partly) inside the ...more ↓
LOCATION TOO VAGUE
Please refine your location. Check the point (zoom in deep) and reduce the Location Accuracy [= error or precision] as to as small a value or circle as is valid.
The app should be accurate to 5m, but anything above 22km radius exceeds the resolution considered as "obscured" on iNaturalist.
When first switching on the app, please make sure the GPS is on, and give the app about a minute to find out where you are. Once found, it should remain accurate to metres for the rest of the period until you close the app.
If you take the pictures with the camera and then add them to the app, you will need to manage the Location Accuracy manually.
Default values that can be used include 10m using a GPS in the open, 30m under trees, and 250m when travelling at 100km/h.
Dont mistake accuracy for places. If you are inside a park or small reserve, the accuracy is not a circle encompassing the area - it is an circle (partly) inside the area - it is the accuracy with which you know your location and not the entire area of a known place.
Accurate observations are crucial for observations in the Cape Flora, where even 10km may make the difference between centres of endmism and many vegetation types. For conservation and research purposes, please try and be as precise as you can be.
Of course, if you cannot be more precise, please do not post a too fine a Location Error. Falsely accurate data may result in species populations not being conserved, or developed, because the species is not recorded where it is, or alternatively - a useless area may be considered for acquisition to protect biodiversity. Similarly spare a thought for researchers who may spend hours looking for species where they never were.
Observations exceeding Obscured in "Location Accuracy"
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?acc_above=25000&place_id=113055&subview=map&verifiable=any&view=observers
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