New locations ZAF/BWA GiraffeSpotter [260605]

What Wildbook should this feature be in? GiraffeSpotter

What would you like to see? New (sub)locations please :slight_smile:
I would like to
(1) add a new sublocation to Botswana = “Greater Mapungubwe”, within here, move existing “Tuli Block” locations
(2) add a new sublocation to Botswana = “KAZA”, within here, move existing “NG20”, “NG29”, and “Nxai Pan National Park” locations
(3) add a new sublocation to Botswana = “Kalahari”, within here, add new site “Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park”
(4) add a new sublocation to south Africa = “Kalahari”, within here, add new site “Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park”

Please can we have location permissions for each individual site and also one for general Greater Mapungubwe and Kalahari?

Newly desired structure listed below - please let me know if anything is unclear - thank you

Botswana → Greater Mapungubwe → Tuli Block → Central Tuli
Botswana → Greater Mapungubwe → Tuli Block → NorthernTuli
Botswana → KAZA → NG20
Botswana → KAZA → NG29
Botswana → KAZA → Nxai Pan National Park
Botswana → Kalahari → Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa → Kalahari → Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

How would this functionality help you? Support new data incoming for these sites, and support matching/sharing across transboundary areas

If requesting a new location ID, include

  • Is this is nested beneath another location in the hierarchy? Hierarchy as above

  • Is there a prefix for region-based naming? (optional) No

  • GPS coordinates in decimal format (optional)

Note: Not all feature requests can be accepted, but all of them are reviewed by our product team. We’re unable to provide implementation timelines for accepted requests. We are a small team with many competing priorities. Thanks for your understanding!

Just so you’re aware, these encounters will appear in each other’s match results because they share the same location ID names despite being in different spots in the hierarchy. Is that alright with you?

Thanks for clarifying @Anastasia - that’s ok, and actually helps us with the transboundary projects. I’ll be sure to explain to any users onboarding outside GCF

Location IDs are updated and live and the location-based roles will display after we restart the Giraffe server. This will likely happen tomorrow once the devs free up.

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