Joseph D. Cohen

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Random suggestions: ### Observations - Top level search form heading, e.g., Observation Search or Name Search (or even Search for Observations ...) - Return to the form if there's an...

What's needed to revive updates to MCP. (An excerpt, some formatting changed) from an email chain "db numbers for herbaria" in webmaster email.) Check the chain for later important information....

More documentation. [MyCoPortal](https://www.mycoportal.org/portal/) [Symbiota](https://symbiota.org/) MCP is a Symbiota Portal - [Symbiota docs](https://biokic.github.io/symbiota-docs/) - [Symbiota Data Fields](https://biokic.github.io/symbiota-docs/editor/edit/fields/#standard-fields) Fields displayed when a MO record is displayed in MCP: `Symbiota ID | Collection...

Link to MCP display of search in MUOB for _Sarcopshaera coronaria_ https://www.mycoportal.org/portal/collections/listtabledisplay.php?db=36&taxa=Sarcosphaera+coronaria&usethes=1&taxontype=2 Clicking on one record in that display, I see:

Questions for us. In tsv export, then uploaded to Google doc: - source of lat/lng.?? Perhaps obs lat/lng || centrum of `observation.location` - RecordNumber looks like collection number || `observation.id`

```ruby def location ::Location.contains_box(north: blurred_north, south: blurred_south, east: blurred_east, west: blurred_west). min_by { |loc| location_box(loc).calculate_area } end blurred_north = [lat + public_accuracy_in_degrees[:lat] / 2, 90].min blurred_south = [lat - public_accuracy_in_degrees[:lat]...

This is performing correctly. Atlanta TX is in Cass Co. As of this writing there's no Cass Co. MO Location.

Improving this could involve some complicated js. Need to reverse geocode the iNat obs place guess, obtaining both the bounding box and the name. Better: limit ourselves to using the...

Another example: > webmaster mushroomobserver.org 9:03 AM (0 minutes ago) to huafang1960 > 1. Thank you for reporting this. We actually have a ticket to improve the MO Location for...