Source gate
A promoted record has a declared source profile and a defensible source relationship.
Source-aware atlas methodology
Review Workflow and Quality Gates
A large record count is not a substitute for review. Public release requires visible distinctions between harvested material, normalized candidates, reviewed records, verified evidence, and contextual layers.
Core distinctions
The operational standard
Geometry gate
Precision, proxy use, traces, and unresolved coordinates are reviewed before visual promotion.
Temporal gate
Dates and intervals are normalized without inventing precision that the source does not provide.
Release gate
Counts, controls, exports, rights, mobile behavior, and record links are checked as one public product.
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Review queues
Unresolved places, source relations, rights questions, and candidate geometry remain actionable queues rather than disappearing into the map.
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Quality without pretending completion
A mature atlas can expose incompleteness while keeping public layers coherent, sourced, and readable.
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Versioned releases
Release manifests preserve record counts, source coverage, quality gates, and major methodological changes over time.
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