We don’t immediately update plant coordinates on the public site because they are pending review.

When viewing a plant from the widget, the marker first goes to the “official” coordinates in the CARMA database. Whenever somebody saves a point, it gets stored in a separate place to be viewed by other users and eventually reviewed.

In the widget, if you go to a plant that already has markers saved by other users (ex: Limerick), you’ll see a See Results button, which will show you where other users “marked” on the map. Once we have enough results for a plant, CARMA will look at the cluster of points and visually choose the most accurate coordinates to use on the public site.

Thanks for helping out with this project.