How we verify

Verified in the field, cross-checked against official sources

We start from official sources — town halls, tourist offices, the Verdon Regional Nature Park, federations (fishing, hiking), open data (data.gouv.fr, IRVE, Hub’Eau) — which we cross-check against one another and test against the field. A fact is published only once it is consistent from one source to the next. We invent nothing: a data point we cannot find stays absent rather than approximate.

Four freshness markers

Every sensitive data point can carry four markers, so you know exactly what you are reading:

• Verification date — when the information was last checked.
• Source — where it comes from, so you can trace it back to the origin.
• Volatility — how fast it can change (an opening time moves faster than an altitude).
• Next review — when we plan to re-check it.

When sources disagree

It happens — a historical date, an altitude, an opening time. When it does, we show both versions, we explain our choice when we make one, and we date the decision. What remains uncertain is presented as such, never dressed up as certainty.

Spotted an error?

Things change on the ground, and no one is infallible. If a piece of information looks wrong or out of date, write to us at [email protected]: we check and correct quickly, then update the verification date.

The bounded role of artificial intelligence

We use AI to structure and write faster, never to invent. No sensitive figure (distance, price, phone number, date) is published on the word of a model alone: it is verified and cross-checked. AI is a writing tool; verification stays human.