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How should a viewer interpret missing or filled map regions?

A viewer should distinguish directly observed coverage, calibrated survey data and statistically estimated areas. A legend can show the provenance and uncertainty of each region, allowing students and researchers to see where the evidence is dense, transformed or inferred rather than treating every pixel as equally measured.

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