{"id":1187,"date":"2020-09-08T16:54:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T20:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2020-09-08T16:54:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T20:54:35","slug":"changing-inaturalist-privacy-settings-and-adding-locations-on-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/2020\/09\/08\/changing-inaturalist-privacy-settings-and-adding-locations-on-ios\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing iNaturalist Privacy Settings and Adding Locations on iOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Changing your privacy settings and adding locations to an iNaturalist observation is easy in iOS.<\/p>\n<p>To change your privacy, go to the Details page of an observation. This is the area where you identify the organism. If you want to change the privacy on an observation that you already made, just hit Edit.<\/p>\n<p>Once you get to the Details page, choose the Geoprivacy menu, and then select Open, Obscured, or Private. Save your changes and re-synch your observations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/files\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot from the iOS version of the iNaturalist app shows the observation details page. The Geoprivacy area is highlighted with yellow.\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-1-508x904.jpg 508w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/files\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-2-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot from the iOS version of the iNaturalist app shows the observation details page. The Geoprivacy area shows the three privacy options: Open, Obscured, and Private. &quot;Obscured&quot; is highlighted in yellow.\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-1193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-2-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-2-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-2-508x904.jpg 508w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-2.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you have a photo without the geolocation embedded in the file, you can manually add the location. You still have the same choices for privacy.<\/p>\n<p>On the observation Details page, you will see No location. Click through to change it. By default, that&#8217;s going to put you in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and that&#8217;s probably not where you made the observation. In the lower left, you will see a location arrow (circled in pink on the screenshot). If you click that, it will move the location to where you presently are. From there, you can move the crosshairs around until you get to the right spot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/files\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-3-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot from the iOS version of the iNaturalist app shows the observation details page. The location area displays &quot;No Location&quot; is highlighted with yellow.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-3-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-3-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-3-508x904.jpg 508w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-3.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/files\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-4-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot from the iOS version of the iNaturalist app shows the location settings map with the crosshairs in the Atlantic Ocean. A location services arrow is the bottom left corner circled in pink.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-4-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-4-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-4-508x904.jpg 508w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/files\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-169x300.png\" alt=\"A screenshot from the iOS version of the iNaturalist app shows a street map with crosshairs that can be repositioned to choose an accurate location for an observation.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS-508x904.png 508w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/bioblitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Image-from-iOS.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changing your privacy settings and adding locations to an iNaturalist observation is easy in iOS. To change your privacy, go to the Details page of an observation. 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