Field notes
How Refugia measures a place, where every number comes from and what the numbers cannot tell you, written out in full.
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How a report is made
From a pin on the map to a scored, cited report: what runs, how each source is weighted and why some evidence is shown but not counted.
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The data behind every score
The datasets behind every score, by subject: what each one measures, how fine its grid is, its licence and its limits.
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