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term: field
category: spatial
status: canonical
authority: maps.elonn.local
---

Field

The shared spatial panorama visible to all members of the world. Field objects are placed at coordinates within the field and are not attached to any individual member.

Allowed:
- field layer
- field object
- field width (the panoramic width dimension)
- place an object in the field

Forbidden:
- map (the maps service generates field data, but "map" implies a navigable cartographic surface; the field is not a map)
- environment
- scene
- stage
- world (the world is the composed experience; the field is the spatial layer within it)

Notes:
- Field is the primary world-anchored region in the runtime. The field region contains spatially fixed objects, markers, and surfaces tied to locations in the world.
- Field objects have anchor_mode = 'field' in the layout.
- The maps service (maps.elonn.local) is the authority for field content. World composes field data into the runtime contract but does not own it.
- field_width is the panoramic width in abstract units, used by the web runtime for layout.

Related:
- carry
- marker
- anchor
- maps
- world