Introduction to iNaturalist
The purpose behind iNaturalist serves various stakeholders and citizens. At its core it encourages people to go outside and explore and discover what nature has to offer. It provides a service where people can photograph biota and identify it often down to the exact species. Not only does the app help you identify the organism pictured but it also allows others to contribute to that identification. In addition to species identification iNaturalist has become a data source for various scientific and environmental organizations. They can use the observations, locations and photos to contribute to their studies of biodiversity and species coverage across the globe. There are various people running the app and website the contributors can be found on their About link. In addition to their staff they have two major contributors to their initiative including California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic Society. While they are based in the US they have apps and communities on a gl