Occurrence dataset Registered February 09, 2012
iNaturalist Research-grade Observations
Description
Observations from iNaturalist.org, an online social network of people sharing biodiversity information to help each other learn about nature.
Observations included in this archive met the following requirements:
* Published under one of the following licenses or waivers: 1) http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/, 2) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, 3) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
* Achieved one of following iNaturalist quality grades: Research
* Created on or before 2025-02-11 15:00:21 -0800
You can view observations meeting these requirements at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?created_d2=2025-02-11+15%3A00%3A21+-0800&d1=1600-01-01&license=CC0%2CCC-BY%2CCC-BY-NC&quality_grade=research
Purpose
iNaturalist.org is a website where anyone can record their observations from nature. Members record observations for numerous reasons, including participation in citizen science projects, school projects, and personal fulfillment.
Geographic scope
- Description
Bounding Box
- Bounding box
- Latitude
- From -89.52408802695572 to 89.99999995809048
- Longitude
- From -180 to 179.99996999278665
Temporal scope
- range
- September 17, 1768 - February 11, 2025
Methodology
- Quality control
Data in the DNADerivedData extension is not subject to quality control. Sequences are capitalized, but are otherwise included verbatim. iNaturalist provides no way for users to verify that a sequence is similar to others associated with the same taxon or others associated with the same locus, nor does it enforce any formatting beyond capitalization.
- Method steps
Observation recorded and verified by the community
Metrics
Contacts
iNaturalist contributors
Originator- Organization
- iNaturalist
- Roles
- Originator
- Organization
- iNaturalist
- Address
- PO Box 150357
- Roles
- Metadata author
Administrative point of contact
GBIF registration
- Registration date
- February 09, 2012
- Metadata last modified
- February 16, 2025
- Publication date
- February 11, 2025
- Hosted by
- iNaturalist.org
- Installation
- HTTP Installation
- Endpoints
- Darwin Core Archive
- Preferred identifier
- 10.15468/ab3s5x
- Alternative identifiers