GlueArrow Maps — a map built from what actually happened.
Most maps show what is supposed to be where. GlueArrow Maps shows what has actually been there, when, and for how long — drawn from the verified GPS footprint of devices on the network.
GlueArrow Maps is the geographic surface of the ecosystem. Where most mapping products describe a place by its name, its pin, and a photo tagged by someone, GlueArrow Maps describes a place by the verified events the network has recorded at that coordinate. The map is the ledger, drawn.
What the map carries
- Footprint truth — verified presence at a place, from the GPS of devices the rail knows, with cadence and dwell.
- Broadcast footprint — where a detection came from, down to the station and the coordinate the station sits at.
- Commerce footprint — listings, deliveries, and transport legs on the Korra and Union Being rails.
- Civic footprint — when a public surface is used in a market, for what, and for how long.
Why a new map at all
The maps the world runs on were not built from the markets the platform rolls out into. The streets are thin. The commerce layers are a best-effort scrape. The footprint of who shows up where, at what cadence, is simply absent. A map drawn from the verified footprint of people who already opted into the ecosystem is a different instrument. It describes the places that already are, not the places a remote cartographer guessed at.
What it will never show
The map does not track individuals in public. It renders aggregated footprint above a threshold at which no single identity is recoverable, with the same rules the rest of the platform's data surfaces follow. A reader sees the place. The place does not reveal the person.
“The map is the ledger, drawn.”