iNaturalist Research-grade Observations

Data Type: Wildlife
Spatial Resolution: N/A
Source: iNaturalist.org; Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Publication Date: Ongoing
Urban Applicability: Good

A community science dataset of species occurrences from iNaturalist, which includes observations of a wide range of taxa such as insects, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds.

How to access: 

Data can be downloaded as a CSV spreadsheet with or without coordinates. If a spatial dataset (e.g. a shapefile) is desired, software or coding languages with geospatial capabilities (e.g., GIS, QGIS, R, Python) will be needed to convert between CSV and shapefile format.

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