A world map cannot be an index of importance.
The atlas is a navigational instrument, not a ranking of regions or people. Every highlight is tied to a source, its date, and the limits of what that source can establish.
This opening edition identifies a documented research direction. It does not claim comprehensive regional coverage or a completed primary-source investigation.
Plot claims rather than prestige
An atlas often disguises editorial decisions as geography. A prominent marker can imply that a region mattered more, that a city hosted an entire movement, or that a single institution represented a country. This project labels the unit of evidence—event, institution, study, testimony, or regional overview—before plotting it.
Interrogate the source footprint
The first atlas edition explores South Asia through the TIFRAC account; Latin America through a documented history of IBM equipment and institutional data processing; North American community computing through museum collections; and a transregional lens on language access. These are source windows, not a globally representative sample.
Leave room for what we cannot yet map
Absence of a pin means absence from this starter edition, not absence of computing history. New regional records will be added only after source verification, geographic scope review, and an edition note. Contributors may challenge labels and map simplifications.
Questions for the record
- Which locations can the source establish with reasonable precision?
- Is the marker a site of activity, a later museum, or merely a regional category?
- What regions and languages are underrepresented in this dataset?
Edition 1.0 · Opening dossier
Published 2026-10-09. Initial scope and source register established. No reader-submitted corrections have yet been recorded for this page. Consequential updates will be disclosed, not silently incorporated.
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