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term: maps
category: service
status: canonical
authority: maps.elonn.local
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Maps

The spatial data service. Maps is the authority for field layout, field width, and markers. It provides the shared visual environment that all members inhabit.

Owns:
- field layout
- field width
- markers
- marker sets

Allowed:
- maps service
- maps objects
- maps authority

Forbidden:
- geography service
- location service
- map (the singular noun; the service is "maps" and the object is "field")
- navigation service

Notes:
- The service is named "maps" (plural). Avoid using "map" as a product noun — the output is a field, not a map.
- World fetches field data from maps and includes it in the runtime contract. Maps does not interact with the web runtime directly.

Related:
- field
- marker
- world