A lot of good stuff gets posted to the iNat Forum and though I monitor it, I still miss a lot since there is quite a bit of "chaff" posted there as well ;-) (I'm guilty). So I've decided to assemble links to the ones that I find that interest me. If you see some that you think would be interesting to me, please leave a link in the comments so I can add it.
This is huge in my opinion! We can now see elevation and lithology associated with an observation:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-can-now-access-elevation-and-other-details-from-macrostrat-for-an-observations-location/39066/1
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/spring-oak-gall-wasp-hunting/38630
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-inaturalists-search-urls-wiki-part-1-of-2/63/1
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-inaturalists-search-urls-wiki-part-2-of-2/18792/1
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Thanks Henrik! I think the elevation/geology data viz will be of interest to @fredwatson and @kvandevere, esp. with regard to the 'Garland Ranch Arctostaphylos' observations, the grantic lithology might have some explanatory power (Maybe Upper Toro Park would be another place to explore as a preliminary observation).
I've looked over USGS/NRCS WSS data, but it isn't quite visualized in such a convenient or easily interpreted fashion as the Macrostrat link.
Yes. I didn't realize it was possible to click through to a geologic map like that. Thanks for the tip.
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