Incorrect province/country by Google Maps for GPS (Peru vs. Brazil) @ Lat -4.311468, Lon -73.231841

[Wayne Godbehere]

The above GPS co-ordinates are incorrectly identified in iNaturalist as in Amazonas, Brazil [they are correctly shown in map view as in Loreto, Peru].

Seems really strange as for co-ordinates very close to above [Lat -3.937042, Lon -73.446693] they are correctly identifies as Loreto, Peru.

This causes problems when searching by country, etc.

Regards,
Wayne

[Scott Loarie]

Hi Wayne,

iNaturalist uses Google Maps APIs to convert addresses to lat-lons and
back (geocoding). That issue would be on the Google Maps API end.

Scott

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