Platform update

Posted by Choyster

 24 Jul 2025

Hello NatureMaprs

As the snow blankets the Australian Alps, we have been working with customer partners across NSW to deliver a growing number of professional, government backed citizen science programs. NatureMapr is busy developing a suite of professional grade platform tools to support decision makers in delivering important species-based and place-based programs. Most recently, we have partnered with NSW Saving Our Species to deliver the Bats in Backyards program for 2025 which will collect citizen science data on the 34 bat species in NSW, 18 of which are listed as threatened or thought to be extinct.

NSW BioNet

NatureMapr’s engagement with the NSW BioNet team continues and will see data from the growing number of NSW Government backed programs contribute to the NSW BioNet database. The activation of this important feed for records collected as part of these programs on NatureMapr will result in better informed policy making across NSW. These important programs are also helping fund a range of improvements to the platform that we have been able to roll out to the wider NatureMapr community:

Website Improvements:

  • Quick search accuracy improvements and bug fixes
  • Duplicate sighting button, accessible via sighting 'Edit' button, can be used to a clone sightings with two species pictured in the same photo,
  • Improvements and bug fixes to the import tool
  • A new how-to video to support the import tool which can be used to upload up to 1000 records and now also supports iNaturalist data export files directly
  • Collections have been simplified
  • Priority species lists have been simplified
  • Collections now support the ability to define your own attributes for your own projects
  • ACT and NSW regions continue to receive full, rich functionality as these regions are funded by our state and territory partners, while non-active regions have a partial reduction in functionality
  • Performance and stability improvements

NatureMapr data collector app improvements

  • New version 6.3.0 released
  • Drag to reorder sighting photos
  • Improved species search
  • Bug fixes for a smoother more intuitive experience
  • 6.3.1 update in development to resolve minor known issues (coming soon)

In the coming weeks we will also be attending the exchange workshops for the first cohort of Land Libraries participants in Kangaroo Valley, Brogo, Pillar Valley and Wauchope, stay tuned for an update on the program’s outcomes! If you have any questions regarding this post or suggestions for the platform, please see our Frequently asked questions page comment them and a member of our team will get back to you.

Have a great week

From the NatureMapr Team

2 comments

   24 Jul 2025
Great work and news NatureMapr team !
LyndalT wrote:
   25 Jul 2025
How are you going to get id's of the bats? I have tried with echo meter but the experts haven't been able to identify from calls

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