Data, definitions and privacy

This atlas supports an ongoing global digital-nomad mobility study. It displays a deliberately lossy public derivative rather than the analytical research dataset.

Mobility definitions

LayerMeaning
Observed successorThe target is the next observed different-city stay. No maximum gap is imposed. It is not proof of a directly observed trip.
Gap ≤ 30 daysTransitions retained with a maximum 30-day gap. This is the source pipeline formal primary layer.
Gap ≤ 7 daysTransitions retained with a maximum 7-day gap.
Gap ≤ 1 dayTransitions retained with a maximum 1-day gap.
Gap ≤ 0 daysTransitions retained under the source layer labelled Gap ≤ 0 days.

Edge strength

Strength classes 1–5 are ordinal within a selected layer and year. They must not be interpreted as users, trips, transitions, percentages, or values comparable across different years or layers.

Public-data protection

The public data apply a minimum aggregation threshold, opaque release-specific node identifiers, rounded coordinates, a reduced route topology, and ordinalized edge strength. Exact user and transition counts, analytical weights, GHS identifiers, individual records, complete routes, source-run details, local paths, and private crosswalks are excluded.

A public static site cannot make browser-readable files non-downloadable. Protection therefore comes from publishing a deliberately reduced visualisation derivative.

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