Geoprivacy and research

[André-Philippe Drapeau Picard]

Hi everyone,

Is there a way researchers can have access to obscured and private locations when using iNat data for research purposes?

Thanks!

AP

[Scott Loarie]

Unfortunately, we don't currently have a process in place for fielding
requests from / vetting researchers or good tools to let the community
decide what to share with whom. So the current way to do this is a bit
cumbersome which is that you'd set up a project and invite people to
join and contribute data to your project.

It would be good to find a more streamlined process for getting these
data in the hands of researchers and the conservation community while
still safeguarding their sensitivity. This is something I'd like to
get on the agenda for 2018

Best,

Scott

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[Millie Basden]

If you follow that route, don't forget to ask each person who joins your project to change their account setting to allow curators to view obscured coordinates. We are still struggling to obtain accesss to private/obscured coordinates for observations in the San Diego County Plant Atlas Project. I sent messages to 500 individuals asking them to make the change and some did, but many did not. 

Millie

[André-Philippe Drapeau Picard]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for your answer. 

I'll be looking forward to see how this evolves.

Cheers!

apdp

[André-Philippe Drapeau Picard]

Hi Millie,

I hope there will soon be some way to avoid this!

Cheers!

apdp

[tony rebelo]

So Community>Network curators do not have access to this information?

I presume that Community>Network curators do have access to localities obscured under Sensitive Species /IUCN Red List obscuration?

I am also confused.  So if I belong to the Mexican community/network, but I spend a month collecting data in Colombia, then the data belong to Mexico and Colombia cannot access them?

Is there a way that I can belong to the New Zealand Community (and get their news and bloggs, and their common names), but allow anyone to access my data worldwide?