FAQ

After logging in, open your My dashboard. Above the thumbnails of your latest photographs you will find the “Upload photo” button. After clicking it, a short form will appear in which you first choose the gallery where you want to upload the photograph. The same “Upload photo” button can also be found directly in the detail of a specific gallery. You can then upload the file and continue by filling in the photograph details. You can delete a photograph by clicking “delete” below the photo thumbnail in the relevant gallery.

It depends on your contribution level. At some levels, photos go through approval. The system of notifications and/or messages informs you about the photo status.

Yes – you can move photos between your galleries. This is useful, for example, for keeping things organized or when reorganizing themes.

In that case, it is better to enter the identification carefully (or leave it blank) and use comments or the forum. FotoNet stands on the quality of identification – there is no shame in verifying it.

A photo gets into the atlas when it has the correct taxon (species) assigned to it. If you do not select the species or it is not entered correctly, the photograph will remain only in the gallery and will not be assigned to the relevant species in the atlas.

The atlas shows a representative selection of photographs for each species. Priority is given especially to photographs marked as NDVA (New species in the atlas), followed by photographs with a special atlas status (for example for protected species), which may be given a special role for the purposes of preservation and presentation in the atlas. Such photographs are reserved for the atlas and the author cannot remove them.

The next priority is given to so-called TOP photographs, which are assigned by moderators based on quality, documentary value and suitability for the atlas.

If an author wants to get among the visible photographs in the atlas, it is important to upload high-quality, well-exposed and correctly identified photographs, fill in the necessary data (date, locality, mapping) and pay attention to data accuracy. The atlas is selective – it is not a random order, but a combination of quality, expertise and importance for the project.

To be correctly included in the mapping, the photo must have the correct taxon (species) assigned and at the same time the data required for mapping must be filled in. A text locality alone is not enough – the correct map grid square is decisive.

The official map of SAV mapping squares serves as a tool, where you can zoom in and precisely identify the square to which the finding belongs. On the SAV page it is necessary to click the square by double-clicking – only after the second click will its exact marking (code/number) be displayed.

Afterwards, it is necessary to find the same square on our map and select it according to its designation. The square number is displayed:

• on the SAV map after the second click,
• and on our map when moving the cursor over individual squares.

The photograph will be included in the mapping according to the selected square. However, it is very important that the correct square corresponding to the actual locality of the finding is selected. Administrators cannot verify for every photograph whether the text locality exactly matches the selected mapping square.

If a contributor chooses the wrong square (for example at the opposite end of the country), the data will be written to the map exactly as entered. The accuracy of mapping is therefore largely a matter of the responsibility of the photograph author.

For sensitive species, exact data may be displayed in a limited way.

For protected or rare species, the exact locality is not displayed to the public. The data are visible only to the author of the photograph and moderators, mainly for the purposes of data verification, possible edits or use within the atlas.

NDVA means New species in the atlas. This label is used for a photograph that represents the first inclusion of a given species in the FotoNet atlas.

Such a photograph has a special significance for the project because it expands the atlas with a new taxon. In the species display, NDVA has priority and is usually shown among the first photographs.

The NDVA label is assigned by an administrator or moderator after the correctness of the identification and the quality criteria have been verified. NDVA is visible in the photo detail in the form of a pictogram next to the photograph.

The Private gallery is intended as a storage space (for example for rejected photos or personal notes). Photographs in the Private gallery are not shown among new photos or in atlases. They are visible mainly in the context of your profile/gallery and through direct links (for example in the forum).

Yes – photographs uploaded to the Private gallery count towards the same daily limit as photographs in public galleries; the limit depends on the user's permission level, not on the gallery type.

Messages are internal mail between users (direct messages).

Notifications are automatic information about activity on the website – for example when someone replies (RE) to your comment under a photo, in an article or in the forum, and here you can also see whether your photograph was approved or rejected.

No – the system normally does not send “notifications to yourself”. Notifications are meant to let you know when someone else reacts.