Places filtering service
Step 5 priority 4b — services batch 1: 6 EN+ES pairs register-corrected
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ type: topic quality: complete status: active audience: public short_description: "service-places filters raw civic and institutional infrastructure data to retain only regional-grade facilities — hospitals, universities, and major transport hubs — so GIS tier rankings reflect institutional-level concentration rather than local-service density." bcsc_class: public-disclosure-safe language_protocol: PROSE-TOPIC last_edited: 2026-05-06 last_edited: 2026-05-08 editor: pointsav-engineering paired_with: service-places-filtering.es.md cites: [] --- `service-places` is the service responsible for validating and clustering civic and institutional infrastructure. Its primary role is to filter raw civic data to retain only regional-grade facilities — hospitals, universities, and major transport hubs — ensuring that GIS tier rankings reflect institutional-level concentration rather than local-service density. GIS tier rankings depend on knowing where regional institutions sit, not where every clinic and community college sits. **`service-places`** filters raw civic data to retain only regional-grade facilities — hospitals with at least 50 staffed beds, universities with at least 1,000 full-time-equivalent students, validated major regional transport hubs — and applies a 200 m spatial buffer to consolidate large institutional campuses into single regional anchors. Local-service density is filtered out at this stage; downstream rankings reflect institutional concentration rather than facility count. ## Filtering Thresholds