Competing Databases

Has anyone else concerns about "competing" databases?

I continue to have questions about using both eBird and iNaturalist. Do we post in both? Do I only post in eBird when I miss the photo (because they trust me)? Does anyone else have their "rule of thumb" to share?

In working on blog posts about hikes in parks and reserves in Ireland I discovered they have their own database in Ireland - http://www.biodiversityireland.ie/ - the National Biodiversity Data Center. I had heard a vague mention about some database and had wondered why there were not more Ireland posts on iNaturalist. I wonder if it is an issue of competing databases.

I have not attempted to use the NBDC database (it looks much more time consuming than iNaturalist), but I have written them a note about partnerships and whether they want me to share the photographs I have from the trip.

Guidance is always appreciated.

Back to slogging through the blog.

[Yes, I am going to a workshop or two this fall. Yes, I know there is probably an article on this somewhere that I have missed.]
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Posted on 06 August, 2017 17:00 by alflinn329