Persistent identity
Every promoted record receives a stable identifier and a durable public address.
Source-aware atlas methodology
Provenance and the Atlas Record Schema
GeoJSON can transport features, but geometry and properties alone do not explain how a claim was produced. Source-aware public GIS requires a domain record model layered over portable web formats.
Core distinctions
The operational standard
Source relation
Records retain source URLs, institutional attribution, bibliographic context, and the role played by each source.
Review state
Candidate, reviewed, verified, contextual, and analytical records remain distinguishable.
Interoperability
CSV, JSON, and GeoJSON exports preserve the fields needed to reuse and audit the record.
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Provenance is not a footer
Attribution must travel with the record through acquisition, normalization, review, publication, export, and revision.
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Place authority
Historical names, modern names, multilingual labels, gazetteer identifiers, and coordinate decisions are reconciled without erasing disagreement.
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Citation-ready public records
Persistent pages make individual map objects linkable, indexable, and suitable for scholarly citation rather than leaving them trapped inside a canvas.
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