Frequently Asked Questions

Using the Atlas Family

Straight answers about reading, accounts, evidence, cross-atlas links, accessibility, purchases, and corrections.

You do not need an account to read. When a feature does require identity, one sign-in works across the family and the page explains whether the setting is global or specific to the current atlas.

Using the Atlas Family

Straight answers about reading, accounts, evidence, cross-atlas links, accessibility, purchases, and corrections.

You do not need an account to read. When a feature does require identity, one sign-in works across the family and the page explains whether the setting is global or specific to the current atlas.

What Is Interactive Atlas?

Interactive Atlas is one application containing thirty-three subject atlases. Each atlas provides its own taxonomy, entries, sources, visual identity, profiles, communities and subject tools. Shared account, accessibility, messaging, notifications, connections and commerce services operate across the family, built on one engine deployed once per atlas rather than copied and forked for each.

What Is Interactive Atlas?

Interactive Atlas is one application containing thirty-three subject atlases. Each atlas provides its own taxonomy, entries, sources, visual identity, profiles, communities and subject tools. Shared account, accessibility, messaging, notifications, connections and commerce services operate across the family, built on one engine deployed once per atlas rather than copied and forked for each.

Do I Need an Account?

No account is required to read public content. An account is needed for saved work, profiles, messages, connections, notifications, communities, purchases and contributions. One sign-in works across all atlases; you do not create thirty-three separate accounts.

Do I Need an Account?

No account is required to read public content. An account is needed for saved work, profiles, messages, connections, notifications, communities, purchases and contributions. One sign-in works across all atlases; you do not create thirty-three separate accounts.

What Is Global and What Is Atlas-Specific?

Your credentials, family display defaults, accessibility preferences, connections, private messages and notifications are global. An atlas profile, handle, visibility choice, saved subject activity, community membership and contribution context may be specific to an atlas. Pages that support both scopes show an atlas selector; pages with no atlas-specific counterpart do not.

What Is Global and What Is Atlas-Specific?

Your credentials, family display defaults, accessibility preferences, connections, private messages and notifications are global. An atlas profile, handle, visibility choice, saved subject activity, community membership and contribution context may be specific to an atlas. Pages that support both scopes show an atlas selector; pages with no atlas-specific counterpart do not.

Where Does the Information Come From?

Entries draw from cited primary and secondary sources appropriate to the subject. The application keeps structured facts, relationships, source records and explanatory prose so a reader can move from a summary to its evidence. Every source carries a reliability tier, shown beside its citation, so a reader can tell whether a claim rests on independent scholarship or on a subject's own account of itself. Source quality varies by field and is described rather than hidden.

Where Does the Information Come From?

Entries draw from cited primary and secondary sources appropriate to the subject. The application keeps structured facts, relationships, source records and explanatory prose so a reader can move from a summary to its evidence. Every source carries a reliability tier, shown beside its citation, so a reader can tell whether a claim rests on independent scholarship or on a subject's own account of itself. Source quality varies by field and is described rather than hidden.

How Do Cross-Atlas Links Work?

An entity has one authoritative home atlas. When prose in another atlas mentions it, a preview may show the owning atlas, a short description, and controls to read aloud or open the full entry. This avoids duplicate records while letting a reader follow a connection without losing context.

How Do Cross-Atlas Links Work?

An entity has one authoritative home atlas. When prose in another atlas mentions it, a preview may show the owning atlas, a short description, and controls to read aloud or open the full entry. This avoids duplicate records while letting a reader follow a connection without losing context.

Can I Change Text Size or Theme?

Yes. Use the display control in the header. Text size and theme are family preferences, so a choice made in one atlas carries to the other surfaces. Keyboard and screen-reader users can also use page landmarks, skip links, native controls, and read-aloud features where available.

Can I Change Text Size or Theme?

Yes. Use the display control in the header. Text size and theme are family preferences, so a choice made in one atlas carries to the other surfaces. Keyboard and screen-reader users can also use page landmarks, skip links, native controls, and read-aloud features where available.

How Do I Report an Error?

Use the correction or dispute action on the affected entry when it is available. Identify the statement and provide a source or a clear explanation. For a broken page or application error, include the URL, the action you took, and the time it occurred. Do not include passwords or payment-card numbers.

How Do I Report an Error?

Use the correction or dispute action on the affected entry when it is available. Identify the statement and provide a source or a clear explanation. For a broken page or application error, include the URL, the action you took, and the time it occurred. Do not include passwords or payment-card numbers.

How Are Privacy and Public Profiles Handled?

Profile fields are displayed according to the visibility controls shown when you edit them. Private messages and account-security records are not public atlas content. The Privacy Policy describes collection, service providers, retention, and requests in detail.

How Are Privacy and Public Profiles Handled?

Profile fields are displayed according to the visibility controls shown when you edit them. Private messages and account-security records are not public atlas content. The Privacy Policy describes collection, service providers, retention, and requests in detail.

Does the Site Use Cookies or Analytics?

Yes, in a limited way. The application uses cookies or comparable browser storage to keep you signed in, remember your display and accessibility preferences, and support security, and it uses Google Analytics to understand aggregate usage such as which pages are visited. No advertising runs on the site, and analytics is used in aggregate rather than to profile you individually. See the Cookies and Local Storage and Analytics sections of the Privacy Policy for the full detail.

Does the Site Use Cookies or Analytics?

Yes, in a limited way. The application uses cookies or comparable browser storage to keep you signed in, remember your display and accessibility preferences, and support security, and it uses Google Analytics to understand aggregate usage such as which pages are visited. No advertising runs on the site, and analytics is used in aggregate rather than to profile you individually. See the Cookies and Local Storage and Analytics sections of the Privacy Policy for the full detail.

What Does the Shop Sell?

The shop offers made-to-order merchandise using approved atlas glyphs, optional text, and an Interactive Atlas or atlas brand. The customizer shows an approximate preview and composes production artwork to the fulfiller's print requirements. Prices, available sizes and colors, delivery information, and order terms appear before checkout. Reading the atlases is always free; nothing in the shop unlocks atlas content, it is physical merchandise only.

If something arrives damaged or wrong, or a problem needs a refund, email cleite@interactiveatlas.org with your order number; the Returns, Replacements, and Refunds section of the Terms explains what happens next.

What Does the Shop Sell?

The shop offers made-to-order merchandise using approved atlas glyphs, optional text, and an Interactive Atlas or atlas brand. The customizer shows an approximate preview and composes production artwork to the fulfiller's print requirements. Prices, available sizes and colors, delivery information, and order terms appear before checkout. Reading the atlases is always free; nothing in the shop unlocks atlas content, it is physical merchandise only.

If something arrives damaged or wrong, or a problem needs a refund, email cleite@interactiveatlas.org with your order number; the Returns, Replacements, and Refunds section of the Terms explains what happens next.

Who Operates the Project?

Interactive Atlas is independently operated. Editorial, technical, privacy, accessibility, and rights questions can be sent to cleite@interactiveatlas.org. Messages are routed by subject so the person reviewing them has the relevant page and context.

Who Operates the Project?

Interactive Atlas is independently operated. Editorial, technical, privacy, accessibility, and rights questions can be sent to cleite@interactiveatlas.org. Messages are routed by subject so the person reviewing them has the relevant page and context.

Are Answers Reviewed?

Subject specialists can review a section of an atlas against the sources cited for it. A reviewer who completes a review and agrees to be named is acknowledged for it. Review checks existing entries against existing evidence; it does not replace the correction route above, which stays open to any reader.

Are Answers Reviewed?

Subject specialists can review a section of an atlas against the sources cited for it. A reviewer who completes a review and agrees to be named is acknowledged for it. Review checks existing entries against existing evidence; it does not replace the correction route above, which stays open to any reader.

Can I Delete My Account or My Data?

Yes. Your account settings include a self-service option to delete your account, which signs you out everywhere and ends access to your saved work and purchases under that account. Where a record must be kept for accounting, dispute handling, or the integrity of a public contribution, it may be retained or shown without your name rather than fully erased; email cleite@interactiveatlas.org if you want to ask about a specific record.

Can I Delete My Account or My Data?

Yes. Your account settings include a self-service option to delete your account, which signs you out everywhere and ends access to your saved work and purchases under that account. Where a record must be kept for accounting, dispute handling, or the integrity of a public contribution, it may be retained or shown without your name rather than fully erased; email cleite@interactiveatlas.org if you want to ask about a specific record.

What Happens When a Category Still Looks Thin?

A short section is a sign that the work has not reached that subject yet, not a judgment that it is finished or unimportant. For a category whose real-world extent is large, such as species, vehicle models, or historical figures, the goal is coverage at that real scale, built out over many sessions rather than stopped once a small curated list is done.

What Happens When a Category Still Looks Thin?

A short section is a sign that the work has not reached that subject yet, not a judgment that it is finished or unimportant. For a category whose real-world extent is large, such as species, vehicle models, or historical figures, the goal is coverage at that real scale, built out over many sessions rather than stopped once a small curated list is done.

Is Closed or Restricted Material Ever Published?

No. Where a tradition or a community holds material that is initiatory, restricted by season or standing, or closed by its own stated terms, most often on Divinity Atlas, the relevant entry records that the material exists and what it is for, without reproducing it. That something has appeared in print elsewhere is not treated as a reason to publish it here.

Is Closed or Restricted Material Ever Published?

No. Where a tradition or a community holds material that is initiatory, restricted by season or standing, or closed by its own stated terms, most often on Divinity Atlas, the relevant entry records that the material exists and what it is for, without reproducing it. That something has appeared in print elsewhere is not treated as a reason to publish it here.

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