A useful atlas grows in depth as well as dots. Here is what we are working toward, how we will measure it, and what still needs a person’s judgment.
Still curious.FOUR NEXT STEPS
Goals reviewed 2026-10-25. Coverage counts come from the current public catalog at build time. Scientific approval, partnerships and participant contributions are never inferred from a progress bar.
Target reached
20 research notes with verified places
41 / 20
Expand the map across animals, plants and fungi, starting with the gaps in our existing library.
What counts as done?
Each mapped note needs a cited study-region or animal-origin passage, a review date and an approximate public locator. More pins alone do not establish stronger evidence.
Next step The coverage target is reached. Continue source review of location-pending notes with public study-region evidence; keep markers coarse and do not use dataset-row or sensitive-species coordinates.
Learn from work published before 2000, alongside modern machine learning.
What counts as done?
Three distinct notes with original sources published before 2000, explicit review depth and clear separation of observation and publication dates.
Next step The three-note target is reached. Obtain the unreviewed original methods and continue checking later reassessments; historical year labels identify the original study, not every later citation.
Turn the provisional budgerigar idea into one answerable question with a workable recording protocol.
What counts as done?
Confirmed species and carer access, avian specialist review, consent, independent behavior labels and a successful physical-phone rehearsal. No recruitment or approval is claimed yet.
Next step Resolve access and reviewer availability, then revise the existing draft protocol before admitting real recordings.
Eventually connect volunteered observations to studies, evidence and this atlas.
What counts as done?
An approved protocol, reviewed consent and data rights, tested private storage and withdrawal, human review, and a separate public export that protects homes and sensitive wildlife sites.
Next step Complete the existing hosted-storage and consent gates. Public map sharing must be optional and separately reviewed.
A place can be known while dates, methods or biological interpretation still need review. We keep those questions visible. A missing pin is a useful research task, not an invitation to guess.
Find an original study, check a methods passage, or identify a limitation we missed. Scientific review and participation should be credited transparently, with permission.
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