feat(voice): voice core — honest layer reach, spoken summary with on-screen card, narration, point-and-ask

- Voice layer manifest (src/voice/layerManifest.js) generates the layer enums,
  aliases and analyst field hints; a test fails when a catalog layer has no entry.
- analyst_query validates fields, operators, units, values and scopes, counts up
  to 250,000 loaded records per layer, reports complete/partial/unanswered, tells
  LAYER_OFF / NOT_READY / FEED_UNAVAILABLE apart from zero, refuses mismatched
  follow-ups and never lets a superseded query replace follow-up memory. Seven
  more layers expose analyst records.
- Tool results carry a code-built say line and a display card; the voice card in
  the mic control shows captions, plan steps and the result
  (src/voice/resultDisplay.js is the one adapter). Slow tools narrate their
  current step out of band; holding Space while the assistant talks cuts it off.
  Turn spans go to the debug log; caption transcription is metered; the log
  omits what was said unless GEV_VOICE_LOG_CONTENT=1.
- Point and ask: the Space-down pointer snapshot resolves "this", "that one" and
  "around here" through 'pointer' targets, and "the second one" through
  referent:n from the last numbered list.
- Prompt states each policy once (instructions + tools 48.5k -> 46.7k chars).
- Voice benchmark harness (scripts/qa-voice-bench.mjs, scripts/voice-bench/)
  shares its phrase table and grading with scripts/qa-voice-routing.mjs.

src/data/analystEngine.test.mjs

@@ -262,20 +262,132 @@ test('helpers: haversine sanity + scope radius', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(scoped.map((f) => f.id).sort(), ['GND1', 'SWA1']);
 });
 
-test('bounded loaded cohorts disclose truncation before filtering and retain it on follow-up', async () => {
+test('capped cohorts report returned/total/truncated and keep it on follow-up', async () => {
   const engine = createAnalystEngine({
     getRecords: () => [{ id: 'sample dam', lat: 0, lon: 0, name: 'sample' }],
-    getRecordCoverage: () => ({ basis: 'bounded-loaded-records', recordsExamined: 1, loadedCount: 3000, sourceTruncated: true }),
+    getRecordCoverage: () => ({ total: 3000, truncated: true }),
     getViewContext: () => ({ lat: 0, lon: 0, viewRadiusKm: 25 }),
   });
   const result = await engine.query({ layers: ['local-dams'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, sortBy: 'distance' });
   assert.equal(result.count, 1);
-  assert.equal(result.coverage.layersQueried[0].sourceTruncated, true);
-  assert.match(result.coverage.note, /omitted records may change the nearest item or count/);
+  const layer = result.coverage.layersQueried[0];
+  assert.deepEqual({ returned: layer.returned, total: layer.total, truncated: layer.truncated }, { returned: 1, total: 3000, truncated: true });
+  assert.deepEqual(result.coverage.records, { returned: 1, total: 3000, truncated: true });
+  assert.match(result.display.caveat, /counted 1 of 3,000 loaded records/);
   const followUp = await engine.query({ followUp: true });
-  assert.equal(followUp.coverage.layersQueried[0].loadedCount, 3000);
+  assert.equal(followUp.coverage.layersQueried[0].total, 3000);
 });
 
+test('an uncapped cohort is complete and carries no caveat', async () => {
+  const result = await makeEngine().query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' } });
+  assert.deepEqual(result.coverage.records, { returned: 4, total: 4, truncated: false });
+  assert.equal(result.display.caveat, undefined);
+  assert.equal(result.display.scope, 'anywhere in the loaded data');
+});
+
+test('unknown fields, operators, scopes and wrong-typed values are refused with the allowed values', async () => {
+  const engine = makeEngine();
+  const field = await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], filters: [{ field: 'time', op: 'gte', value: 5 }] });
+  assert.equal(field.ok, false);
+  assert.equal(field.code, 'UNKNOWN_FIELD');
+  assert.ok(field.allowed.includes('altitudeM'));
+  const op = await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], filters: [{ field: 'altitudeM', op: 'wat', value: 5 }] });
+  assert.equal(op.code, 'BAD_OPERATOR');
+  assert.deepEqual(op.allowed, ['gt', 'gte', 'lt', 'lte', 'eq', 'neq']);
+  const flag = await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], filters: [{ field: 'military', op: 'eq', value: 'false' }] });
+  assert.equal(flag.code, 'BAD_VALUE', 'the string "false" must not match the TRUE record');
+  const num = await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], filters: [{ field: 'altitudeM', op: 'gt', value: 'high' }] });
+  assert.equal(num.code, 'BAD_VALUE');
+  const scope = await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'polygon' } });
+  assert.equal(scope.code, 'UNKNOWN_SCOPE');
+  assert.deepEqual(scope.allowed, ['view', 'region', 'radius', 'anywhere']);
+  const sort = await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], sortBy: 'loudness' });
+  assert.equal(sort.code, 'UNKNOWN_FIELD');
+  assert.equal(engine.hasMemory(), false, 'refusals never become follow-up memory');
+});
+
+test('a typed boolean filter still matches exactly', async () => {
+  const r = await makeEngine().query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, filters: [{ field: 'military', op: 'eq', value: false }] });
+  assert.deepEqual(r.items.map((i) => i.id).sort(), ['GND1', 'N123', 'SWA1']);
+});
+
+test('distance honours sortDir: desc is farthest first', async () => {
+  const far = await makeEngine().query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, sortBy: 'distance', sortDir: 'desc', limit: 1 });
+  assert.equal(far.items[0].id, 'N123');
+  const near = await makeEngine().query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, sortBy: 'distance', limit: 1 });
+  assert.equal(near.items[0].id, 'SWA1');
+});
+
+test('a follow-up without a previous answer is refused, not a fresh flights query', async () => {
+  const r = await makeEngine().query({ followUp: true, filters: [] });
+  assert.equal(r.ok, false);
+  assert.equal(r.code, 'NO_RESULT_CONTEXT');
+});
+
+test('follow-ups never rewrite the remembered rows', async () => {
+  const engine = makeEngine();
+  await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' } });
+  await engine.query({ followUp: true, sortBy: 'distance' });
+  const again = await engine.query({ followUp: true });
+  assert.equal(again.count, 4, 'a follow-up keeps the remembered set, not the view');
+  assert.ok(again.items.every((item) => item.distanceKm === undefined));
+});
+
+test('a superseded slow region query cannot overwrite the newer follow-up memory', async () => {
+  let releaseSlow;
+  const engine = createAnalystEngine({
+    getRecords: (key) => ({ flights: FLIGHTS, 'ais-live-vessels': SHIPS }[key] || []),
+    resolveRegionRing: () => new Promise((resolve) => { releaseSlow = () => resolve(TEXLAND); }),
+    getViewContext: () => ({ lat: 30.27, lon: -97.74, viewRadiusKm: 150 }),
+  });
+  let generation = 0;
+  const slowGeneration = ++generation;
+  const slow = engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'region', name: 'Texland' } }, { isCurrent: () => generation === slowGeneration });
+  const newGeneration = ++generation;
+  const fresh = await engine.query({ layers: ['ais-live-vessels'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' } }, { isCurrent: () => generation === newGeneration });
+  assert.equal(fresh.ok, true);
+  releaseSlow();
+  const stale = await slow;
+  assert.equal(stale.code, 'CANCELLED');
+  const followUp = await engine.query({ followUp: true });
+  assert.deepEqual(followUp.items.map((i) => i.layerKey), ['ais-live-vessels', 'ais-live-vessels']);
+});
+
+test('off, loading and unavailable layers are refused distinctly; a real zero stays ok', async () => {
+  const engineFor = (snapshot, rows = [], warming = false) => createAnalystEngine({
+    getRecords: () => rows,
+    getLayerSnapshot: () => snapshot,
+    isWarming: () => warming,
+    getViewContext: () => ({ lat: 0, lon: 0, viewRadiusKm: 25 }),
+  });
+  assert.equal((await engineFor({ enabled: false, feedState: 'off' }).query({ layers: ['earthquakes'] })).code, 'LAYER_OFF');
+  assert.equal((await engineFor({ enabled: true, feedState: 'loading' }).query({ layers: ['earthquakes'] })).code, 'NOT_READY');
+  assert.equal((await engineFor({ enabled: true, feedState: 'nominal' }, [], true).query({ layers: ['earthquakes'] })).code, 'NOT_READY');
+  assert.equal((await engineFor({ enabled: true, feedState: 'unavailable' }).query({ layers: ['earthquakes'] })).code, 'FEED_UNAVAILABLE');
+  const zero = await engineFor({ enabled: true, feedState: 'nominal' }, [{ id: 'q', lat: 50, lon: 50, magnitude: 2 }]).query({ layers: ['earthquakes'], filters: [{ field: 'magnitude', op: 'gte', value: 5 }] });
+  assert.equal(zero.ok, true);
+  assert.equal(zero.count, 0);
+  assert.equal(zero.coverage.layersQueried[0].status, 'ok');
+});
+
+test('time fields filter by ISO and derive ageHours; the feed window is exposed', async () => {
+  const now = Date.parse('2026-09-23T12:00:00Z');
+  const engine = createAnalystEngine({
+    now: () => now,
+    getRecords: () => [
+      { id: 'recent', lat: 0, lon: 0, magnitude: 4, timeMs: now - 2 * 3_600_000 },
+      { id: 'older', lat: 0, lon: 0, magnitude: 5, timeMs: now - 20 * 3_600_000 },
+    ],
+    getViewContext: () => ({ lat: 0, lon: 0, viewRadiusKm: 25 }),
+  });
+  const iso = await engine.query({ layers: ['earthquakes'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, filters: [{ field: 'timeMs', op: 'gte', value: '2026-09-23T06:00:00Z' }] });
+  assert.deepEqual(iso.items.map((i) => i.id), ['recent']);
+  const age = await engine.query({ layers: ['earthquakes'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, filters: [{ field: 'ageHours', op: 'lte', value: 6 }] });
+  assert.deepEqual(age.items.map((i) => i.id), ['recent']);
+  assert.equal(age.items[0].ageHours, 2);
+  assert.equal(age.display.window, 'last 24 h');
+  assert.equal(age.coverage.layersQueried[0].window, 'last 24 h');
+});
 
 test('follow-up provenance stays attached to old rows after a feed recovers', async () => {
   let state = 'stale';
@@ -293,3 +405,141 @@ test('follow-up provenance stays attached to old rows after a feed recovers', as
   assert.equal(engine.hasMemory(), false);
   assert.equal((await engine.query()).coverage.feedProvenance.overall, 'nominal');
 });
+
+test('a large loaded set sorts and summarizes without overflowing the stack', async () => {
+  const rows = Array.from({ length: 200_000 }, (_, i) => ({ id: `FIRE-${i}`, lat: 0, lon: 0, frp: i }));
+  const engine = createAnalystEngine({
+    getRecords: () => rows,
+    getViewContext: () => ({ lat: 0, lon: 0, viewRadiusKm: 25 }),
+  });
+  const result = await engine.query({ layers: ['local-firms'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, sortBy: 'frp', limit: 1 });
+  assert.equal(result.count, 200_000);
+  assert.equal(result.items[0].frp, 199_999);
+  assert.equal(result.summary.frpMin, 0);
+});
+
+test('an enabled but empty layer says why on screen', async () => {
+  const engine = createAnalystEngine({
+    getRecords: () => [],
+    getLayerSnapshot: () => ({ enabled: true, feedState: 'nominal' }),
+    getEmptyNote: () => 'Fly below 400 km to a covered region',
+    getViewContext: () => ({ lat: 0, lon: 0, viewRadiusKm: 25 }),
+  });
+  const result = await engine.query({ layers: ['transit'] });
+  assert.equal(result.ok, true);
+  assert.equal(result.count, 0);
+  assert.equal(result.coverage.layersQueried[0].status, 'empty');
+  assert.match(result.display.caveat, /transit: Fly below 400 km/);
+});
+
+test('a radius around a named place without a centre is refused, not measured around the camera', async () => {
+  const r = await makeEngine().query({ layers: ['ais-live-vessels'], scope: { kind: 'radius', name: 'Singapore', km: 200 } });
+  assert.equal(r.ok, false);
+  assert.equal(r.code, 'BAD_SCOPE');
+  const ok = await makeEngine().query({ layers: ['ais-live-vessels'], scope: { kind: 'radius', name: 'Houston', km: 200, center: { lat: 29.6, lon: -95.0 } } });
+  assert.equal(ok.ok, true);
+});
+
+test('a field copied with its hinted unit still resolves', async () => {
+  const r = await makeEngine().query({ layers: ['local-firms'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, sortBy: 'frp(MW)', filters: [{ field: 'frp (MW)', op: 'gt', value: 100 }] });
+  assert.equal(r.ok, true);
+  assert.deepEqual(r.items.map((i) => i.id), ['FIRE-3', 'FIRE-1']);
+});
+
+test('a written unit converts to the field unit or is refused', async () => {
+  const engine = makeEngine();
+  const feet = await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, filters: [{ field: 'altitudeM(ft)', op: 'gt', value: 40000 }] });
+  assert.equal(feet.ok, true);
+  assert.deepEqual(feet.items.map((i) => i.id), ['RCH01'], '40,000 ft is 12,192 m, not 40,000 m');
+  const same = await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, filters: [{ field: 'altitudeM (m)', op: 'gt', value: 12192 }] });
+  assert.deepEqual(same.items.map((i) => i.id), ['RCH01']);
+  const knots = await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, filters: [{ field: 'speedMps(kts)', op: 'gt', value: 470 }] });
+  assert.deepEqual(knots.items.map((i) => i.id), ['RCH01'], '470 kn is ~242 m/s');
+  const wrong = await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], filters: [{ field: 'altitudeM(kts)', op: 'gt', value: 1 }] });
+  assert.equal(wrong.code, 'BAD_UNIT');
+  const unitless = await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], filters: [{ field: 'callsign(ft)', op: 'eq', value: 'X' }] });
+  assert.equal(unitless.code, 'BAD_UNIT');
+  const hinted = await engine.query({ layers: ['local-firms'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, sortBy: 'frp(MW)' });
+  assert.equal(hinted.ok, true);
+});
+
+test('unambiguous numeric strings are numbers; blanks, booleans and words are not', async () => {
+  const engine = makeEngine();
+  const text = await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, filters: [{ field: 'altitudeM', op: 'gt', value: '12192' }] });
+  assert.equal(text.ok, true);
+  assert.deepEqual(text.items.map((i) => i.id), ['RCH01']);
+  for (const value of ['', '  ', true, 'high', '12k'])
+    assert.equal((await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], filters: [{ field: 'altitudeM', op: 'gt', value }] })).code, 'BAD_VALUE', JSON.stringify(value));
+});
+
+test('any supplied centre must be a real coordinate', async () => {
+  const engine = makeEngine();
+  for (const center of [{ lat: 0 }, { lat: 999, lon: 0 }, { lat: 10, lon: 200 }, { lat: '10', lon: 20 }])
+    assert.equal((await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'radius', km: 100, center } })).code, 'BAD_SCOPE', JSON.stringify(center));
+  assert.equal((await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'radius', km: 100, center: { lat: 30.2, lon: -97.7 } } })).ok, true);
+});
+
+test('mixed off/loading/unavailable layers refuse; a partly answerable query says so', async () => {
+  const snapshots = { earthquakes: { enabled: true, feedState: 'unavailable' }, 'local-firms': { enabled: true, feedState: 'loading' }, flights: { enabled: false, feedState: 'off' } };
+  const engine = createAnalystEngine({
+    getRecords: (key) => (key === 'ais-live-vessels' ? SHIPS : []),
+    getLayerSnapshot: (key) => snapshots[key] || { enabled: true, feedState: 'nominal' },
+    getViewContext: () => ({ lat: 0, lon: 0, viewRadiusKm: 25 }),
+  });
+  const none = await engine.query({ layers: ['earthquakes', 'local-firms', 'flights'] });
+  assert.equal(none.ok, false);
+  assert.equal(none.code, 'NOT_READY');
+  assert.deepEqual(none.layerStatus.map((l) => l.status), ['error', 'loading', 'off']);
+  assert.equal(engine.hasMemory(), false, 'a refusal never becomes follow-up memory');
+  const down = await engine.query({ layers: ['earthquakes', 'flights'] });
+  assert.equal(down.code, 'FEED_UNAVAILABLE');
+  const partial = await engine.query({ layers: ['ais-live-vessels', 'earthquakes'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' } });
+  assert.equal(partial.ok, true);
+  assert.equal(partial.partial, true);
+  assert.deepEqual(partial.unanswered, ['earthquakes']);
+  assert.match(partial.display.caveat, /earthquakes error/);
+});
+
+test('returned items are copies: mutating them cannot change the remembered answer', async () => {
+  const engine = makeEngine();
+  const first = await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, sortBy: 'altitudeM' });
+  for (const item of first.items) {
+    item.altitudeM = -1;
+    item.id = 'MUTATED';
+  }
+  const again = await engine.query({ followUp: true, sortBy: 'altitudeM' });
+  assert.deepEqual(again.items.map((i) => i.id), ['RCH01', 'SWA1', 'N123', 'GND1']);
+  assert.equal(FLIGHTS[1].altitudeM, 13500, 'the provider rows are untouched');
+});
+
+test('ranking 250k rows stays within a budget and yields to the page', async () => {
+  const rows = Array.from({ length: 250_000 }, (_, i) => ({ id: `F${i}`, lat: (i % 170) - 85, lon: (i % 350) - 175, frp: (i * 7919) % 100_003 }));
+  const engine = createAnalystEngine({ getRecords: () => rows, getViewContext: () => ({ lat: 0, lon: 0, viewRadiusKm: 25 }) });
+  let ticks = 0;
+  const timer = setInterval(() => ticks++, 0);
+  const started = performance.now();
+  const result = await engine.query({ layers: ['local-firms'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, sortBy: 'frp', limit: 1 });
+  const elapsed = performance.now() - started;
+  clearInterval(timer);
+  assert.equal(result.count, 250_000);
+  assert.equal(result.items[0].frp, 100_002);
+  assert.ok(elapsed < 400, `took ${Math.round(elapsed)} ms`);
+  assert.ok(ticks > 0, 'the scan yielded between slices');
+  let current = true;
+  const pending = engine.query({ layers: ['local-firms'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, sortBy: 'distance' }, { isCurrent: () => current });
+  current = false;
+  assert.equal((await pending).code, 'CANCELLED', 'a superseded scan stops at the next slice');
+});
+
+test('analyst: a follow-up naming other layers than the last answer is refused', async () => {
+  const engine = createAnalystEngine({
+    getRecords: (key) => ({ flights: FLIGHTS, 'local-firms': FIRES }[key] || []),
+    resolveRegionRing: async () => null,
+    getViewContext: () => ({ lat: 30.27, lon: -97.74, viewRadiusKm: 150 }),
+  });
+  await engine.query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' } });
+  const r = await engine.query({ layers: ['local-firms'], followUp: true });
+  assert.equal(r.ok, false);
+  assert.equal(r.code, 'FOLLOW_UP_MISMATCH');
+  assert.equal(engine.hasMemory(), true, 'the earlier answer is still the last answer');
+});

src/data/firmsHeatmap.test.mjs

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ test('firms analyst record: full record maps every contract field', () => {
     frp: 1520.4,
     confidence: 0.9,
     satellite: 'N21',
+    sensor: 'VIIRS',
     acqTime: 1_753_600_000_000,
   });
 });

src/data/pickRegistry.js

@@ -65,6 +65,23 @@ export function unregisterPickOwner(layerId) {
   _owners.delete(layerId);
 }
 
+/**
+ * The registered layer that owns a picked id, or null.
+ * @param {string} pickedId - Canonical pick id from {@link resolvePickId}.
+ * @returns {string|null} Owning layer id.
+ */
+export function findPickOwner(pickedId) {
+  if (!pickedId) return null;
+  for (const [ownerId, predicate] of _owners) {
+    try {
+      if (predicate(pickedId)) return ownerId;
+    } catch {
+      // a broken predicate must never break picking
+    }
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
 /**
  * True when some OTHER registered layer owns the picked id.
  * @param {string} layerId - The asking layer's id (excluded from the scan).

src/data/pickedContext.js

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import { getContextStore, isContextRecordActive } from './contextStore.js';
+import { findPickOwner, resolvePickId } from './pickRegistry.js';
+
+/**
+ * Resolve a `scene.pick()` result to the identity a person would name: which
+ * layer, which record, and its display label.
+ *
+ * Two lanes, in order:
+ *  1. Context-store carriers. Entity-backed layers (infrastructure GeoJSON,
+ *     selected vessels, fires, installations) stamp `__gevContextId` on the
+ *     picked object, and the store record already carries the label and
+ *     position voice uses everywhere else.
+ *  2. Pick owners. Primitive-backed layers (aircraft, satellites, vessels)
+ *     register an ownership predicate in `pickRegistry`; the owning layer's
+ *     `findByQuery` turns the pick id into a live descriptor.
+ *
+ * Trails claim their pick ids only to make clicks inert, so they never
+ * resolve. Disabled layers never resolve: what the user cannot see is not
+ * what they are pointing at.
+ */
+
+const KIND_BY_LAYER = Object.freeze({
+  flights: 'aircraft',
+  military: 'aircraft',
+  'local-adsb': 'aircraft',
+  'ais-live-vessels': 'vessel',
+  satellites: 'satellite',
+  'local-firms': 'fire',
+});
+
+const IGNORED_OWNERS = new Set(['trails']);
+
+function text(value) {
+  return String(value ?? '').trim();
+}
+
+function finite(value) {
+  if (value === null || value === undefined || value === '') return null;
+  const number = Number(value);
+  return Number.isFinite(number) ? number : null;
+}
+
+/** Kind of thing a layer holds, for deixis ("this aircraft", "this place"). */
+export function pickedKindForLayer(layerId) {
+  return KIND_BY_LAYER[layerId] || 'feature';
+}
+
+function contextCarrierRecord(picked, dataManager) {
+  const store = getContextStore();
+  for (const carrier of [
+    picked?.id,
+    picked?.primitive?.id,
+    picked?.primitive,
+  ]) {
+    const contextId =
+      carrier && typeof carrier === 'object' ? carrier.__gevContextId : null;
+    if (!contextId) continue;
+    const record = store.entities.get(contextId);
+    if (record && isContextRecordActive(record, dataManager)) return record;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function fromRecord(record) {
+  const layerId = record.layerId || null;
+  const id =
+    layerId === 'ais-live-vessels' && record.properties?.mmsi
+      ? String(record.properties.mmsi)
+      : String(record.id);
+  return {
+    layerId,
+    id,
+    label:
+      text(record.label) ||
+      text(record.properties?.name) ||
+      text(record.layerName) ||
+      id,
+    kind: pickedKindForLayer(layerId),
+    lat: finite(record.latitude),
+    lon: finite(record.longitude),
+  };
+}
+
+function descriptorLabel(found, fallback) {
+  return (
+    text(found?.callsign) ||
+    text(found?.registration) ||
+    text(found?.name) ||
+    text(found?.icao24) ||
+    text(found?.mmsi) ||
+    text(found?.noradId) ||
+    fallback
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {object|null} picked Result of `scene.pick()`.
+ * @param {object} [options]
+ * @param {object} [options.dataManager] Layer lifecycle (enabled state, modules).
+ * @returns {{layerId: string, id: string, label: string, kind: string, lat: number|null, lon: number|null, altitudeM?: number|null}|null}
+ */
+export function resolvePickedContext(picked, { dataManager = null } = {}) {
+  if (!picked) return null;
+  const record = contextCarrierRecord(picked, dataManager);
+  if (record) return fromRecord(record);
+
+  const pickId = resolvePickId(picked);
+  if (!pickId) return null;
+  const layerId = findPickOwner(pickId);
+  if (!layerId || IGNORED_OWNERS.has(layerId)) return null;
+  if (dataManager?.isEnabled && !dataManager.isEnabled(layerId)) return null;
+  const layer = dataManager?.layers?.get?.(layerId);
+  let found = null;
+  try {
+    found = layer?.module?.findByQuery?.(pickId) || null;
+  } catch {
+    found = null;
+  }
+  return {
+    layerId,
+    id: pickId,
+    label: descriptorLabel(found, text(layer?.name) || pickId),
+    kind: pickedKindForLayer(layerId),
+    lat: finite(found?.latitude),
+    lon: finite(found?.longitude),
+    altitudeM: finite(found?.altitudeM),
+  };
+}

src/data/pickedContext.test.mjs

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+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+
+globalThis.window ||= globalThis;
+globalThis.CustomEvent ||= class CustomEvent {
+  constructor(type, init) {
+    this.type = type;
+    this.detail = init?.detail;
+  }
+};
+globalThis.dispatchEvent ||= () => true;
+
+const { registerEntityContext } = await import('./contextStore.js');
+const { registerPickOwner, unregisterPickOwner, findPickOwner } = await import('./pickRegistry.js');
+const { resolvePickedContext, pickedKindForLayer } = await import('./pickedContext.js');
+
+function manager({ enabled = new Set(['flights', 'local-datacenters']), modules = {} } = {}) {
+  return {
+    isEnabled: (id) => enabled.has(id),
+    layers: new Map(Object.entries(modules).map(([id, module]) => [id, { name: id, module }])),
+  };
+}
+
+test('an aircraft billboard resolves through its pick owner to a live label', () => {
+  registerPickOwner('flights', (id) => id === 'a1b2c3');
+  const dataManager = manager({
+    modules: {
+      flights: {
+        findByQuery: (q) => (q === 'a1b2c3' ? { icao24: 'a1b2c3', callsign: 'UPS793', latitude: 30.2, longitude: -97.7, altitudeM: 9000 } : null),
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  const picked = { id: 'a1b2c3', primitive: {} };
+  assert.equal(findPickOwner('a1b2c3'), 'flights');
+  assert.deepEqual(resolvePickedContext(picked, { dataManager }), {
+    layerId: 'flights',
+    id: 'a1b2c3',
+    label: 'UPS793',
+    kind: 'aircraft',
+    lat: 30.2,
+    lon: -97.7,
+    altitudeM: 9000,
+  });
+  unregisterPickOwner('flights');
+});
+
+test('an entity-backed feature resolves through the context store', () => {
+  const entity = { show: true };
+  registerEntityContext(entity, {
+    id: 'local-datacenters:7',
+    layerId: 'local-datacenters',
+    label: 'Data Center 7',
+    latitude: 30.1,
+    longitude: -97.6,
+  });
+  const out = resolvePickedContext({ id: entity }, { dataManager: manager() });
+  assert.deepEqual(out, {
+    layerId: 'local-datacenters',
+    id: 'local-datacenters:7',
+    label: 'Data Center 7',
+    kind: 'feature',
+    lat: 30.1,
+    lon: -97.6,
+  });
+});
+
+test('disabled layers, trails and empty picks never resolve', () => {
+  registerPickOwner('military', (id) => id === 'm1');
+  assert.equal(resolvePickedContext({ id: 'm1' }, { dataManager: manager() }), null, 'military is disabled');
+  unregisterPickOwner('military');
+  assert.equal(resolvePickedContext({ id: 'gev-trail:1' }, { dataManager: manager() }), null);
+  assert.equal(resolvePickedContext(null), null);
+  assert.equal(resolvePickedContext({ id: 'unknown' }, { dataManager: manager() }), null);
+  assert.equal(pickedKindForLayer('ais-live-vessels'), 'vessel');
+});