How Do I Edit my Data & Photos?

When you first navigate to the Data & Photos page, you'll see a summary of your data (if you are logged in) and some links to the left for viewing all the park data. Selecting "My Photos" will present a list of thumbnails of all the images you've submitted to What's Invasive! Selecting "My Non-Photo Data" will present your location data of invasive species that do not contain photos.

To edit a photo or non-photo data, simply click a thumbnail. This will bring up a window with information about the image & data and some input boxes where you can enter updated information. Once you're happy with your changes, click the OK button and you'll receive a message if everything was successfully updated. The information will also be updated to reflect the changes you've made.

When making changes to the geo tag information associated with your observations, you can type in a geo-codeable location in the Location input field, such as "90034", "601 West Temple St, Los Angeles, CA", or "Grand Canyon". As you type in a location, you'll see the Latitude and Longitude values change and the map below will move to the specified location.

You can further provide a more precise location by dragging the marker on the map. The Latitude and Longitude values will update again and the map will center to the new location. It is not necessary to type in something to the Location field before moving the marker on the map. Once you're happy with your placement, simply hit the OK button and wait for the success message to appear.

What Is That Really Long Tag I See In All Of My Photos?

Don't worry, it's something to protect your privacy! We have a method of uniquely identifying contributors without disclosing any user name information to the public.

What Are The Different Filters About?

There are currently three different ways in which you can change the way you see your images: "Plant Filter", "Geo Filter", and "Sort Listing By."

• With Plant Filter, you can filter the data and images to only show those of the species you've specified. In this way, you can see all your Harding Grass submissions and easily spot the mis-tagged image when it turns out looking like another plant.
  
  
• With Geo Filter, you can filter the data and images shown to be either all your observations, geo-tagged observations only, or observations lacking any location information. This is especially useful for finding observations which could not be successfully located due to incorrect Location tags in an email submission or when GPS was not available in a smart-phone application.
  
  
• Sort Listing By allows you to choose between sorting your images from oldest to newest or vice versa.

What makes these options even more powerful is the ability to stack filters on top of each other! For example, you could be interested in only viewing images of Spanish Broom where the submissions are lacking location data and showing the most recent images first. If you want to reset your filter combinations, you can simply click the "Show All" button.

I Changed A Plant Tag, But Now I Can't See It!

Because we store every image we receive on Flickr, we also end up using Flickr's services for retrieving information about a user's photos. When tags are changed on Flickr photos, it may take a few moments to propagate the changes throughout Flickr. As such, if you may not see your recently updated image under the appropriate filter. Please wait a few minutes and then try again.