site: reviews — David Rumsey Map Collection, Cities and Memory, Marked QL (graduate from finds)

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 Date-based safety valve (last catch was 07-05; now due). Swept the 8 oldest/strongest still-invisible shortlisted finds from the 07-05..07-11 window (capped at 8 by the skill), favoring the ones that had been unbundled longest so nothing stays invisible for weeks. Backlog note: ~10 more shortlisted-but-invisible finds remain from the window (claymore-3face-mini-area-light, chiptune-radio, kaset, do-your-whisky-whiskey-making-kit, grand-view-park-turtle-hill, lectrofan-alpha-noise-machine, mojave-paint, evergreen-56-dry-box, stacks-hypercard, voicedot) plus today's non-bundled shortlist tail — left for the next themed bundle or catch. No cluster-bundles run this cycle: last cluster run was 07-09 (too recent to re-cluster), and the two bundles here already surface 13 finds.
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+## 2026-07-12 — review: david-rumsey-map-collection
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+Graduated from find captured 2026-07-12, source: Recomendo — a top review candidate this run.
+Hero: a public-domain 1630 Hendrik Hondius world map from Wikimedia Commons (1920×1349), NOT a David Rumsey scan — the collection's own images are CC BY-NC-SA (non-commercial), so a PD antique map keeps the hero license-clean while still reading instantly as "beautiful old cartography."
+Category: history (existing).
+Fact-check (mandatory, against davidrumsey.com/about): the find undercounted — the collection is **149,000+ items online**, part of holdings **exceeding 200,000 maps** (find said "140,000+"; corrected in the review, left in the find since >140k is still literally true). Verified: free and open to the public, no account; ~1550–present, 16th–21st-century maps of the Americas + world, atlases/globes/wall maps/pocket maps/maritime charts; an **AI Search Assist** that reaches past titles/dates; many maps georeferenced (overlay on a modern basemap, view in Google Earth); prints orderable + non-commercial downloads via the LUNA viewer. Added context the find lacked: the physical collection has been **donated to Stanford** (David Rumsey Map Center). Honest limits surfaced: CC BY-NC-SA licensing (not public-domain), a dense/dated research-first interface, and coverage that reflects one collector's focus.
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+## 2026-07-12 — review: cities-and-memory-sound-map
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+Graduated from find captured 2026-07-12, source: Wallpaper* Travel — a top review candidate this run.
+Hero: the find's own hero (the sound-map interface, 2560×1440) carried into the review folder — no cleaner branded asset needed.
+Category: **sound** (new — the project is field-recording/sound-art, not "music" and not "history"; nearest existing categories both missed).
+Fact-check (mandatory, against citiesandmemory.com's "What is Cities and Memory?" page + corroboration): the find **held up** — 8,000+ sounds from 140+ countries and the real-recording-plus-artist-remix model both match the live site exactly, free to browse. Added specificity the find lacked: founder Stuart Fowkes (Oxford, UK; founded 2015), 2,500+ contributing artists, and the major sub-projects (Sonic Heritage/UNESCO sites, Migration Sounds with Oxford, Polar Sounds with the Alfred Wegener Institute, #StayHomeSounds). Honest limits: it's an art project, not a comprehensive field-recording database; audio and remix quality vary.
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+## 2026-07-12 — review: marked-ql-finder-preview
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+Graduated from find captured 2026-07-12, source: Brett Terpstra — a top review candidate this run.
+Hero: a real product screenshot from markedapp.com/images/ql/ showing a Quick Look window rendering a Mermaid sequence diagram (the most distinctive proof point) — richer than the find's header-image fallback.
+Category: files (existing — Finder/Quick Look).
+Fact-check (mandatory, against markedapp.com/ql/ + the Mac App Store listing): confirmed $4.99 one-time (not subscription, unlike the full Marked 3) and Terminal use via qlmanage. Corrections/expansions: the find undersold the render list — it also does tables, footnotes, task lists, and callouts across CommonMark/GFM/MultiMarkdown/Kramdown, not just Mermaid/math/syntax; the companion full app is now **Marked 3** (find implied Marked 2), and Marked QL is standalone (needs no other purchase). Added: requires macOS 13.0+, sold exclusively via the Mac App Store (no direct download, no Setapp).