VEGMAPhoto (s Afr)

The aim of this project is to collect representative photographs of vegetation types listed in the VEGMAP project classification system (the latest map and list of types can be found at http://bgis.sanbi.org/vegmap)

Instructions here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/vegmaphoto-s-afr/journal/16639-instructions
Video tutorial here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s1PboXSYoWb7UgFjMgj3onGoz_OsI5v7/view?usp=sharing
A step-by-step guide here: https://botanicalsociety.org.za/how-your-photos-could-save-an-ecosystem/

Guidelines for submissions:

1. Landscape photographs that represent the characteristics of vegetation described in the vegetation type (i.e communities of plants that define the vegetation type) are preferred.
2. A photograph of a dominant species within the type is needed for compatibility with iNat.

How it Works:
1, Load the observation. Include all the information you want under the description. Note that the observation will be "filed" under its dominant species in the second picture. Observations without a dominant species will cause issues, so please always include it.

1. Add this project
2. Select a single veld type from the appropriate Biome - only one - leave all the other Biomes blank. You must load one (and only one) type.
3. If you need help to find the name of the vegetation type you can either download the Google Earth version of the map here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iD_6cDi8X18ntfybwIM2SxSK9vFTLKOF/view , or you can download the mobile version of the National Vegetation Map for your mobile device here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ekSwnVpH64H9ZWPnpIUHQCemhrymcM0U/view with a step by step mini-guide to download the file here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qiLIxjDlZyzeS8hIe9KbTIMaJEs1B_wh/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106735589522341462832&rtpof=true&sd=true
4. Select the relevant ecological integrity field.
5. Select the relevant pressure on the system.
6. Save the vegetation type and save the project.

Note: the location is the location of the photograph - not some other place (such as a centroid or 'type" locality) less ↑