Explore

See a place.
Get the context fast.

Ask one geographic question, see it on the map, and inspect the data behind the answer. Explore is the fastest path from curiosity to context.

Starter views

Start with one question or open one ready-made map state. Either way, the goal is the same: one visible angle, one obvious next question.

Example queries
  • Earthquakes over magnitude 7 in the last year
  • Tracts in Fairfax County over 70 percent impervious surface
  • Show countries where the local currency strengthened against the USD from 2020 to 2024

How Explore works

Explore is the broad map-first lane. Ask across the published packs, let the runtime route the question, and use the map to orient yourself before committing to a narrower analysis.

Whole-catalog routing

Start wide

Explore is good for discovering which pack, place, or pattern matters. The chat can route across multiple maintained datasets without asking you to build a corpus first.

Historical and comparative

Ask older or broader questions

Use Explore when the question spans larger historical ranges, multiple regions, or comparative map views that go beyond the live Ops window.

When to switch modes

Move to Research or Ops when needed

Switch to Research when you want a bounded, repeatable corpus and a longer analytical thread. Switch to Ops when the question is about what is happening now and over the last few days.

Context on the map

Ask the question, watch the result render, and click any feature to see the row behind it. The point is orientation, comparison, and the next question, not GIS setup.

Next step