How do I...? and other questions

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Post here if you have any questions about using the site that are not covered in the 'how to' guide.

Missing records

Submitted by jonathan keynes on

Hi there. 

I have made nearly 200 recording at my address using my mobile phone. I changed my phone recently and when re looking irecord, I noted that all my records seem to have disappeared. Thats obviously quite a lot...and potentially very disheartening. Does anyone know what I can do ? 

 

Jon Keynes, 2 Conifer Drive, Hambrook  Chichester PO18 8TU 

Activity for non-account holders

Submitted by Andrew John Green on

I've set up an activity to encourage members to start using iRecord. Most don't have an account. The activity is set up to "Enter a casual record" but when I test the link to that page, if I'm not logged in I get taken to the home page. Is there anything I can do to allow non-account holders to enter records into our activity page? 

https://irecord.org.uk/enter-casual-record?group_id=2149&implicit=t

How can I be enabled to download records?

Submitted by Richard Wright on

I am county recorder for Warwickshire (VC38) for three groups, beetles, bugs and arachnids. I keep the county records for these groups on Mapmate. There are many records on iRecord that I would like to import which would take forever to copy individually. Is there a way in which I can be authorised to download records for these groups in my county?

Spreadsheet upload with obscured location

Submitted by David Howdon on

I've got to upload some data soon and the site manager has asked that the location be obscured.  If I enter an individual record this is easy enough to do as there is a setting to obscure the records to 1km, 10km resolution etc.  However I've got a lot of data held in MapMate so easier to do it as a spreadsheet upload than transcribe every record across.  What field do I need to have in the upload spreadsheet and what value does it need to have to obscure records to 10km resolution?

Thanks.