Conflict maps & historical OSINT research
Begin with a week. Expand when the question needs more history.
Product guide · Updated 25 October 2026Read the reporting in place
The situation desk opens on the latest seven days available in the retained archive. Its date range is explicit: this is an archive view, not a claim of live coverage. A few labeled places help you find areas with concentrated source reporting. Labels are selected by reporting volume, not by an editor’s judgment of importance.
Separate signals from incidents
Conflict layers distinguish source-coded protest, military posture, coercion and armed-violence candidates. A circle groups records in a geographic cell. Multiple stories may describe the same episode; many records do not establish many independent incidents. Opening a signal reveals its source records, dates and original links.
Widen the dates to see the pattern
A week helps you get oriented. A month or year helps you examine patterns. Wider views emphasize aggregate reporting and offer a monthly archive navigator. Search terms and regional filters refine the research scope; zoom and pan change only the framing. Source coverage varies across time and place.
Return to the evidence
Each research record preserves its source, date meaning and capture trail. Machine-coded locations and actor labels can be imprecise. Use the map to find questions worth investigating, then compare the underlying sources before drawing a conclusion. The archive does not reconstruct what every publisher knew at each historical moment.