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From there it could be compiled to targets declarative or procedural (eg to generate VegaLite specs, echart specs or Observable Plot configs in JS).

How have you been thinking about this problem space?

While I deserve no credit for its current success, it's been used by millions to:

* catalogue millions of plants and animals around the world

* tagged image data has become critical for computer vision training models

* map species range and impact of various natural changes to biodiversity, with data cited in scientific journals

* new species have been discovered through the app

previous HN thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22442479

When we started, our goal was to encourage people to go outside and engage with the world around them. We dreamt that the data gathered by the community would be used in scientific research, but weren't confident it would ever reach enough of a critical mass. It has! More surprisingly, we had no idea how important iNat's image dataset would become for computer vision research.

Again, so proud of the folks who have helped to make iNaturalist thrive and so glad it still exists in the world.

"Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer’s judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia."

More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enforcement_Act_of_1871_(third_...

I'm always shocked that this hasn't happened faster. I've expected Dropbox, Amazon, Google and Apple to move into this space more aggressively, but at best they've all only just scraped the surface of what's possible.