Investigating key drivers influencing AI-based detection and identification of plants
Fig 5
Example of iNaturalist suggestions when location is not used and used as an input.
A) Includes suggestions returned when location is not inputted. B) Includes suggestions returned when Ottawa is inputted as the location. C) includes suggestions returned from selecting “Include suggestions not expected nearby” below in B. iNaturalist image of Echium plantagineum was used and we can observe that this species is not among the suggestions until we selected “Include suggestions not expected nearby” when the location is used as an input. Observation 127042112, by brianvanhezewijk [Brian Van Hezewijk], 19/Jul/2022, license is CC BY-NC 4.0. This identification was confirmed by author (AC) as Echium plantagineum with a dried collected specimen sent to the CFIA by Brian in 2024.