Method · photo coverage check

A four-step Hipobuy Spreadsheet photo coverage check

Complete each observable field before making the keep, change, request, or recheck decision.

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Before starting

Resolve identity before comparing evidence

  • Final source URL
  • Exact visible selection
  • Evidence observation date

Four-step method

Turn a saved row into a view-by-view coverage ledger

Every photo coverage check step leaves a named output. Pause the worksheet when its next decision would depend on a source, option, view, or measurement that is absent.

  1. 1. Resolve the source

    Name the exact selection and the decision the images must support.

  2. 2. Capture exact fields

    List the required angles or details before reviewing images.

  3. 3. Classify evidence

    Mark each view present, partial, obscured, wrong-angle, or absent.

  4. 4. Record the decision

    Write focused follow-up requests for unresolved areas.

Worked example

A plausible match can still remain unresolved

Front and side views are present, but the label and sole are absent. Mark the visible views complete and keep two explicit evidence requests open.

Record now

Example output 1: record now must remain explicit in the saved record.

Compare next

Example output 2: compare next must remain explicit in the saved record.

Do not infer

Example output 3: do not infer must remain explicit in the saved record.

Exception handling

Reopen only the field affected by new evidence

Preserve the earlier audit trail while adding the new source, observation, and decision.

  • The photos may show a different selection.
  • The image stage or date is unknown.
  • Lighting hides the detail being described.
  • A cropped view is treated as complete coverage.

Return to the live source with a view-by-view coverage ledger

The saved record should explain both the decision and its limits.

Use the Hipobuy workflow notes when the saved record needs a current platform-specific next step.

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