Data sources
This page explains where city data comes from, how the general prayer-time reference is built, where mosque details may come from, and why some pages continue to improve after publication.
City pages depend on the city name, country, geographic coordinates, and time zone, because those are the foundations used to calculate prayer times and qibla direction for a specific place.
When a new city is created, the first priority is to anchor it to the correct place, so the page is tied to a real location rather than becoming a thin name-only page.
The site’s city-wide prayer reference is based on astronomical calculation tied to the city, the date, the time zone, and the selected calculation method. That keeps the daily city reference understandable and consistent.
A city page therefore shows the general daily reference for the city, while mosque-specific iqama or Friday details stay attached to the mosque page when available.
Mosque data may come from open map sources, local public references, visitor submissions, and update flows tied to add-mosque or update pages on the site.
That is why a mosque record may sometimes need refinement: a better Arabic name, a more accurate owner city, duplicate cleanup, or extra service details such as women’s prayer space, parking, or Jumuah timing.
Not every source is equally strong, so the site does not treat every imported point or name as final. Coordinates, address clues, city ownership, duplicates, and local context are checked before a record is treated as canonical.
When sources conflict, the stronger location and ownership signal is preferred first, and later corrections remain possible when better evidence appears.
The goal of this page is to show that the site is not publishing data blindly. There is a source trail, a review layer, and a correction path when a page needs improvement.
That matters most for mosque pages and newly published cities, where trust grows from transparent sourcing and visible correction pathways, not from page count alone.