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Modification: extracted worldwide records, Japan records and bounded overseas pilot regions (and the earlier Tokyo study area); normalized categories, excluded known closed places where configured, aggregated to density grids, converted to contours and corrected boundary peak detection. World contours use a latitude-adjusted geographic lattice approximation. Snapshot and input bounds are recorded in each manifest.