Batch uploading of past (specimen based) observations
For those of you (@tonyrebelo no doubt) who notice a sudden influx of further Erica observations I'm adding to this project: yes, @jtklein 's batch uploading gizmo is up and running.
I provided a spreadsheet with the usual kind of collection data (in this case exported from a BRAHMS database, like the one used at the Compton) and photos that can be attributed to records in that spreadsheet (in this case via my initials and collecting numbers in the file name). Johannes then crafted a series of scripts to upload these automatically via the iNaturalist API.
It's magic to me, but does seem to be working pretty well - it's much faster than going through my backlog by hand, and I don't immediately spot errors creeping in. There will be more details to follow - I imagine there will be general interest - but ...more ↓