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Boundaries, Coordinates & Time

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GEOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE v2.5

Coordinates state whether they are geographic centroids, administrative centroids, representative points, facilities or exact points. Boundaries are separately sourced and versioned.

Preserve historical geography with historical data.

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Boundary version

Location, geometry, source, version and effective dates02

Coordinate system

Validate and transform to a canonical CRS while preserving metadata03

Geometry checks

Self-intersection, range, projection, duplicates and mismatch04

Historical map

Use the boundary effective for the selected data year05

Review state

Invalid geometry is flagged for human review—not deleted

PRINCIPLE

A centroid is not a boundary, and a new boundary must not silently rewrite old data.

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