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Land subdivision phase and inspection records for AI

An inspection can name a project but cover only one phase.

By Fiund · Updated 2026-11-05

NAICS 237210 · Land Subdivision

An inspection can name a project but cover only one phase. If a later map divides the site, an assistant should keep the earlier observation tied to the area that was reviewed. EPA’s construction and development guidance provides context for site records. A land developer can test plan and inspection association with abstract shapes. EPA construction and development guidance

Draw a fictional phase map and revise one boundary. Attach a dated inspection note to the earlier plan and a separate follow-up to one new lot. Ask which observations are evidenced for each phase. Mark the area never reviewed and make uncertainty part of the scoring key. Use no real site layout or compliance result.

Keep survey work, addresses, commercial land records, maps, and buyer information private. Create original diagrams and approved dummy records.

Describe a subdivision evidence test

Original Fiund exercise

Preserve an inspection's original boundary when the phase map changes

Abstract paper shapes stand for fictional development phases. No real parcel, survey, compliance status or land transaction is represented.

Fictional records supplied to the evaluator
RecordSourceWhat it records
LP1Practice phase map M1Phase A covers cells 1–4; Phase B covers cells 5–8.
LP2Dated review I1Review covers Phase A under M1. Later map M2 moves cell 4 into Phase B; no retrospective scope correction is provided.
LP3Follow-up I2Under M2, reviewer visits cell 5 only. Cells 6–8 have no review entry.

Question for the model

Which cells have documentary review evidence, and can either record be called a review of all Phase B under M2?

Show the reference answer and checks

LP1 and LP2 establish that I1 covered cells 1–4 as Phase A under M1. M2's later boundary change does not erase that historical coverage or make I1 a review of all current Phase B. LP3 separately covers cell 5. Cells 6–8 remain unevidenced, so neither record establishes a complete review of M2 Phase B, which spans cells 4–8.

  • Reinterpreting I1 using M2 boundaries without preserving its original map reference.
  • Expanding a cell-5 follow-up to all of Phase B.

Fields to preserve

Map version and cell scope
Retains the exact area reviewed at the time.
Inspection date and reference map
Prevents later boundaries from silently rewriting history.
Unreviewed cells
Makes incomplete phase coverage visible.

Test another case

Issue a follow-up covering cells 6–8 but exclude cell 4 explicitly. Ask the model to assemble documented coverage while preserving each review's version and exclusion.

Use original abstract diagrams. Exclude real surveys, addresses, site maps, commercial land records and buyer information. The exercise establishes no regulatory compliance.

Download this fictional example and answer key (JSON)

Discuss a contribution

Describe the sources you control, the task they could support and what has already been checked. Use the existing-data assessment for an archive or the collection brief for a new recording project. The contributor agreement defines Fiund’s licensing authority and compensation. A guide or fictional exercise does not establish an accepted collection or a sale.

Primary sources and further reading