Observation date should = collection date
Hello, Earlhamites! I am posting to the project with permission from your professor @crsmithant. I graduated from Earlham in 2004 and now I work for iNaturalist.
I noticed that some of the observations uploaded to your project have the observation date as the date you took the photo, rather than the date indicated on the specimen label. To ensure the quality of the data you share, the two dates should match.
The easiest way to correct the dates will likely be to edit your observations on the iNaturalist website, rather than in the app. I made a short video that illustrates how to edit many observations at once.
I hope you'll take a few minutes to make sure the dates are correct on all of your insect observations from this term.
Later today I'll post a similar video for how to bulk edit locations.
I'm so excited to see more observations from campus and hope you keep sharing what you find on iNaturalist!
