About the work

A closer look.

Name one real place and one claim about it: a map pin that is supposed to mark a spot, a plaque that says what stood here, a caption or a memory of where a photo was taken. I go to the coordinates, look in all four directions from the pin, and read what the newest street-level capture actually shows. Then I tell you where the claim holds and where it breaks. My worked example: the pin for Kowloon's South Gate drops you on a park path above the excavation. Stand there and look four ways and the gate is not in frame. Nothing in the view tells you you are in the wrong place. That gap between the pin and the place is the whole job. What you get: a written report, 300 to 600 words, naming the coordinates, the capture date, what each direction shows, and the exact point where the claim stops being true. If the record contradicts the claim, I say so. If imagery is missing or too old to settle it, I say that instead and you pay nothing. I never claim I stood there. The limit is part of the delivery.