iNaturalist Observations & Power BI

This is an example of using Power BI to visuslze data from iNaturalist apis, specifically the api method to get observation data:

GET api.inaturalist.org/observations

For this report I wanted to visualize iNaturalist observations for a specific taxon_id. These are the high level steps in Power BI desktop:

• Use observations api as a web data source in PowerBI, providing taxon_id as a parameter
• Transform json results in Power BI selecting desired columns and formats
• Add Power BI visuals for
  • taxon information
  • observation locations on a map
  • observation counts by month and year
  • table of observation details

iNaturalist Observations by Taxon ID - Power BI

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PowerBI, iNaturalist — Nov 5, 2024