2021
Founded as an internal tool
ATLAS started as an internal data warehouse for a research team that kept re-deriving the same indicators for every new client. We opened it up because the underlying discipline — one taxonomy, one source of truth — is more useful shared than siloed.
We publish the originating agency and collection method for each indicator — no unlabeled numbers.
Definitions are reconciled to a shared indicator code before anything is published, so cross-country comparisons hold up.
When a source revises a figure, we keep the history — you can see what changed and when.
A single PostgreSQL instance replaces a shared spreadsheet across three research projects.
Sector codes and indicator codes standardized across 40 countries.
The comparative dashboard and advanced search open to outside researchers.
The same warehouse starts powering organisational diagnostics, not just national indicators.
Coverage crosses the threshold where cross-regional sector comparison becomes reliable.
Economists, data engineers, and one very opinionated cartographer.
Owns the pipeline — collection, validation, harmonization.
Writes the methodology notes and quarterly briefs.
Runs organisational diagnostics and implementation tracking.
Keeps the dashboards fast, readable, and honest.