We’ve improved My EDDMapS with a new User Reports tracker! Now easily monitor your submitted invasive species sightings — track review status by experts and see when they’ve been verified and added to the public distribution map. Greater transparency for your contributions to early detection across the U.S. and Canada. For any questions or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu. Thank you for helping map and manage invasive species — keep reporting!

Improvements to the upload routine - Images will upload one at a time to minimize the number of connections and reduce errors. All species categories and subcategories have thumbnails. More UI improvements for a clean and formal feel. For any questions or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Fix for launching the EDDMapS app with links from other apps. Minor UI improvements. For any questions or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Updated Forgot Password link. UI has been updated for Liquid Glass. For any questions or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Bug fix for report location being updated after a report has been saved to the queue. Updated app lifecycle management. Minor UI styling improvements. For any questions or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Fix for app update link. For any questions or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Minor update to fix a bug viewing species details. For any questions or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Minor update for crash reporting and order of operations for getting project and species data. For any questions or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

New Feature: On the Explore Map, pan the map to other locations and tap Search Area to view any verified records for that location. Other Improvements: Styled toast views to match the color scheme of the app. Added a toast alert to let users know they must be logged in to view occurrence data and images from the map or recent reports. For any questions or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Added links from observation details and top reported species to species details tabs. Made observation images tappable to view large pinch-and-zoomable versions of them. For any questions or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Added Record details with images for Explore Map Points and Recent Records. Fixed bug for reports with a negative status uploading to infested area field. For any questions or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Get help navigating the EDDMapS App with a new user guide accessible from the question mark icon on the top right of the main menu scene. Several bug fixes including adding species to the report form from the EDDMapS Database search. For any questions or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Explore surrounding mapped points, top species and recent reports with the newly added Explore Nearby Reports section in the EDDMapS App. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

New: Added help buttons for attributes on report form. Bug Fixes: Fixed account registration so that it will complete the process. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Minor update for order of selectable options for Beech Leaf Disease. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Better handling of optional values when using the search EDDMapS Feature to add species to reports or the user's personal list. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Bug fix for species images getting out of sync while flipping through the images. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

We have updated references for newer devices so they are recognized by the feedback feature. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

A new species specific form for Beech Leaf Disease has been added. User now have the ability to add any species in the EDDMapS system to their My Species List and is synced to the website. The bug that kept the species sort button from appearing has been fixed. For any questions, concerns or feature suggestions, please use the in app feedback feature or email us at bugwood@uga.edu.

The search bar text color has been changed to make text more readable. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

In this update we added text to the button on the report form that allows users to edit the report location and fixed the report number badge on the main page to have rounded corners. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Added a map to the report form to help with report location accuracy. A profile page has been added with collectable achievement badges for reporting. Improvements to the sightings page to improve the user experience on that scene. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Minor improvements for the EDDMapS Search feature so the app won't kick users out for tapping the table view before searching, the Cancel button appears in the correct white color and the search bar placeholder is more easily seen with lighter, more differentiating text. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Users now have the option to upload immediately after finishing a report from the form or they can save the report to the queue for uploading later. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.

Fix for missing images causing a crash when trying to create a new plant record. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu.