iNaturalist Taxonomic Tagging Tool for Flickr

iNaturalist Taxonomic Tags for Flickr Toolhttp://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/flickr_tagger
An overview of using this tool to generate taxonomic tags
for Flickr images to be contributed to EOL
May 2011

Taxonomic Tags for Flickr Tool
You can use the iNaturalist.org Taxonomic Tags for Flickrtool to search for tags for your species image.
Go to: http://inaturalist.org/taxa/flickr_tagger
Enter in the common or scientific name of the species (at any taxonomic level) and click Lookup. iNaturalist will automatically look species that match your key words.
Click Make Tags to see possible taxonomic names for you to choose from, which you can copy and paste into the tag box in Flickr
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Click on the Make tags button to generate your tag or tags
Copy and paste the tag into the tag field on Flickr
*** Remember when you enter in a name with a space you need to use quotation marks when you enter the tag into Flickr (ex. “taxonomy:binomial=Limulus polyphemus” )
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Automatic Image Tagging
You can also link your Flickr Photostream to iNaturalist to automatically tag your images.
Create a free iNaturalist Account and follow prompts to “link” your account to Flickr
Search for and make tags
Choose photos from your photostream to be automatically tagged and click Tag these photos
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Resources
If you had trouble, please post a comment on the discussion board or read through the group’s threads to see if anyone may have already asked the same question
You can also upload multiple images using downloadable Flickr tools - http://www.flickr.com/tools/
Created by: Encyclopedia of Life (www.eol.org)
Updated 5.23.2011
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iNaturalist Taxonomic Tagging Tool for Flickr

by Encyclopedia of Life Learning + Education on May 23, 2011

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