🌍 WarHeatMap

Live Global Conflict Intelligence Platform

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📋 Changelog

v6.5 — August 13, 2026 (Latest)

• Dynamic deep-link grammar v2 — every shareable/OG card can now steer the app precisely: ?country=X focuses the map, ?feed-country=X focuses and loads that country's feed, ?tag=<category> filters the feed to a category, ?events=critical jumps to critical-only, and ?criticalevents-country=X combines both. Powers click-backs from the OSINT auto-post threads.
• OSINT auto-posting desks — WarDesk (daily conflict brief), SpyDesk (surveillance), and WarChest (markets-at-war) compose OG-card threads to Bluesky and deep-link back into the exact map view for each story.
• Category tag bar — filter the live map/feed by event type (AIRSTRIKE, GROUND, NAVAL, MISSILE, EXPLOSION, TERRORISM, CYBER, NUCLEAR, DIPLOMACY, SANCTIONS, INFRA, and more) plus STATS and FEED tabs.
• Scale — now plotting 4,000+ verified events across every active theatre.

v6.2 — July 18, 2026

• AI/SEO crawlability: served-side answer block, FAQ + JSON-LD schema (WebSite, Organization, FAQPage) injected at the origin so AI crawlers and search engines can ground on real content instead of an empty SPA shell.
• Bot-prerender pattern: crawlers receive fully-rendered, structured HTML while human visitors keep the live SPA experience.
• Search Console loop: automated weekly performance reporting to track ranking lift after SEO deploys.

v6.1 — May 9, 2026

• 🔧 CORS fix — removed User-Agent from browser fetch; added Access-Control-Allow-Headers: * to strait-news-worker
• 🔧 Fixed updateWarDay / forceRefresh / refreshPrices — functions were called at boot but never defined (caused full UI freeze)
• 💰 Daily price cache — Brent/WTI/BTC now ingested once per day via localStorage TTL (24h), not on every page visit
• ⚡ applyPrices() — unified price rendering function, eliminates duplicate DOM updates
• 🔄 autoRefresh() — 5-min background refresh respects daily price cache
• ✅ NOW button — forceRefresh() clears price cache, re-fetches all live data, flashes UI confirmation

v6.0 — May 7, 2026

• 🗺️ Full SVG map rebuild — no external Leaflet dependency (WARP-safe)
• 📰 Live intel brief panel — auto-populates from strait-news-worker
• 🎯 IRGCN asset positions + US Navy carrier group overlays
• ⚓ Mine field / exclusion zone layers
• 📅 War Day counter (since Feb 27, 2026)
• 🔴 Threat level badge — pulls from intel API status object

strait-news-worker v3.1 — May 9, 2026

• 🔧 CORS fix — Access-Control-Allow-Headers: * added to all responses + preflight
• ✅ /oil-live endpoint confirmed operational
• ✅ All secrets restored: NEWSAPI, ANTHROPIC, GEMINI, TELEGRAM, AISSTREAM, ALPHA_VANTAGE, FINNHUB

🔍 What Is WarHeatMap?

WarHeatMap is a free, open-source live conflict intelligence platform that aggregates geopolitical flashpoints, overlays them on an interactive world map, and auto-posts intelligence threads to Bluesky via the AT Protocol — all running at the edge on Cloudflare Workers.

Built for researchers, journalists, activists, and anyone tracking global instability in real time — without paywalls, login walls, or corporate bias.

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⚡ Features

Feature	Description
🌍 Interactive Heatmap	Leaflet.js world map with live conflict zones, severity overlay
⚓ Strait Tracker	Dedicated Hormuz/naval OSINT sub-dashboard
📡 Bluesky Auto-Post	Intelligence threads fire to Bluesky via AT Protocol
🔴 Hot Zone Detection	Algorithmic severity classification (RED/ORANGE/YELLOW)
📰 Intel Feed	Aggregated live news across all active theaters
💾 Event Archive	D1 SQLite database of all tracked incidents
📊 Escalation Index	Real-time tension scoring per conflict zone
🚢 Naval OSINT	Ship tracking, blockade status, tanker incident log
🏷️ Category Filters	Filter the map & feed by event type — airstrike, naval, missile, cyber, nuclear, diplomacy, sanctions, and more
📱 Mobile-First	Full responsive layout with dedicated mobile worker

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🗺️ Conflict Zones Tracked

🇮🇷 Strait of Hormuz     — BLOCKADE ACTIVE | Naval interdiction | IRGC incidents
🇺🇦 Ukraine              — Front line updates | ISW-sourced | Daily briefings
🇵🇸 Gaza / West Bank     — IDF operations | Casualty tracking | Ceasefire status
🇸🇩 Sudan                — RSF vs SAF | Humanitarian corridor status
🇨🇩 DRC / M23            — Eastern Congo offensive tracking
🇲🇲 Myanmar              — Junta vs. resistance | KIO/KNLA operations
🌍 + many more active theatres · 4,000+ verified events

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend:     Leaflet.js · Vanilla JS · CSS Grid · WebSocket
Backend:      Cloudflare Workers (Edge Runtime, v8 isolates)
Database:     Cloudflare D1 (SQLite at the edge)
Cache:        Cloudflare KV (analytics + event cache)
Storage:      Cloudflare R2 (media assets)
Social:       AT Protocol → Bluesky (auto campaign drip)
CDN:          Cloudflare Global Network (330+ PoPs)
Mobile:       Dedicated mobile Worker with adaptive layout

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🏗️ Architecture

News Sources → Cloudflare Worker (strait-news-worker)
             → D1 Database (event log)
             → KV Cache (analytics)
             → Warheatmap Frontend (warheatmap-worker)
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            Leaflet.js Interactive Map
                    ↓
            AT Protocol Publisher → Bluesky Thread

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SEO & Crawlability

WarHeatMap is a client-rendered SPA for speed, but AI crawlers and search engines need readable HTML. The origin serves a structured answer block — an accessible H1, an FAQ, a live-event summary, and JSON-LD schema (WebSite, Organization, FAQPage) — so bots can ground citations on real content. Human visitors get the full interactive map; crawlers get substance. Search performance is tracked on a weekly reporting loop to measure ranking lift.

📁 Repo Structure

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├── workers/
│   ├── warheatmap-worker.js      # Main frontend + map (CF Worker)
│   ├── strait-tracker-worker.js  # Naval OSINT dashboard (CF Worker)
│   └── credit-tracker.js        # Credit/usage tracking (CF Worker)
├── wrangler.toml.example         # Deploy config template
├── LICENSE                       # MIT
└── README.md

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🚀 Deploy Your Own

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/indicaindependent/warheatmap
cd warheatmap

# Install Wrangler
npm install -g wrangler

# Copy config
cp wrangler.toml.example wrangler.toml
# Edit wrangler.toml — add your D1 binding, KV namespace IDs

# Create D1 database
wrangler d1 create warheatmap-db

# Deploy main worker
wrangler deploy workers/warheatmap-worker.js

# Deploy strait tracker
wrangler deploy workers/strait-tracker-worker.js

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🌐 Data Sources

• 📋 ISW (Institute for the Study of War) — Daily Ukraine/conflict assessments
• 🛢️ MarineTraffic / VesselFinder — Real-time AIS ship positioning
• 📰 Reuters, AP, Al Jazeera — Breaking news aggregation
• 🔓 FOIA / Open Source — Government procurement & military contracts
• 🌊 USNI News — Naval Institute conflict reporting
• 📡 OSINT Community — Verified open-source intelligence

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🤝 Contributing

PRs welcome. If you spot a conflict zone we're missing or a broken data feed — open an issue.

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Built by Indica Independent Media · VPDLNY · Staten Island, NYC

The world is on fire. Someone has to map it.

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