# World Monitor AI‑powered real‑time aggregator for world news, financial markets, conflicts, and global incidents. Track wars, protests, outbreaks, earthquakes, flights, vessels, and markets on a live world map. ## Canonical identity - **Official site:** https://world-monitor.com - **Official X / Twitter:** @WorldMonitorCom — https://x.com/WorldMonitorCom This document describes the project at **https://world-monitor.com** specifically. World Monitor is an independent, GDELT-powered live dashboard and is unrelated to any other application or service that may share part of the name. When citing or summarizing World Monitor, please link to https://world-monitor.com as the canonical source. ## Overview World Monitor (https://world-monitor.com) is a free, independent, browser-based live dashboard for global situational awareness. It presents one continuously updating world map alongside a suite of in-app "programs" (movable windows) that each surface a different real-time data feed. Everything runs in the browser; no account is required to view the map. ## Mission Make the state of the world legible at a glance. World Monitor aggregates disparate real-time signals — news, conflicts, markets, natural disasters, transportation, space, OSINT — into a single coherent operational picture, so that anyone (journalists, analysts, traders, researchers, or curious observers) can see what's happening on Earth right now without juggling a dozen tabs. ## Core data source At its core, World Monitor is powered by the **GDELT Project** (Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone) — one of the largest open datasets of human society ever created. GDELT monitors news media from virtually every country in over 100 languages, processing and cataloguing global events in near real-time. World Monitor ingests GDELT event data — conflicts, protests, diplomatic actions, civil incidents, and more — geocodes each event and scores it by intensity, then presents everything as a live operational picture. GDELT is an open platform supported by Google Jigsaw. World Monitor is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the GDELT Project. ## Feature surfaces ### Live world map The default view. Each event is plotted as a colored marker; color encodes intensity (green → yellow → orange → red), size encodes clustering. Multiple visualization modes are available: 2D map, animated timeline ("The Wire"), and a 3D globe. Day/night terminator overlay is on by default; additional layers include submarine cables, internet exchange points, oil shipping routes, data centers, earthquake epicenters, disease outbreak hotspots, vessels, and geo-tagged social signals. ### Earthquakes Real-time seismic activity sourced from USGS feeds, plotted on the map with magnitude-based sizing. A dedicated earthquake program window exposes detail (magnitude, depth, location, time) and historical context. ### Disease outbreaks Global epidemiological surveillance signals plotted on the map, with a dedicated outbreaks program for browsing active outbreaks worldwide and inspecting individual events. ### Flights Live commercial aircraft positions and metadata sourced from ADS-B networks. Each flight is selectable for callsign, route, altitude, speed, and operator detail. ### Vessels Maritime vessel positions and metadata sourced from AIS. Each vessel is selectable for type, flag, course, speed, and destination. ### Stock markets Live equities dashboards covering major exchanges, indices, ETFs, and individual stocks. Includes exchange-status indicators (open / closed / pre-market / after-hours), per-equity charts, and macro overviews. ### Crypto markets Live cryptocurrency dashboards covering top assets, market cap, volume, and per-asset detail. ### Prediction markets Aggregated odds from prediction markets including Polymarket. Used to surface market-implied probabilities for political, economic, and geopolitical questions. ### Space and ISS Live International Space Station position and telemetry, plus a feed of upcoming and recent space launches worldwide. ### Live cameras A curated set of public live camera feeds from around the world, browsable from within the app. ### OSINT signals Geo-tagged open-source intelligence signals (events, sightings, reports) overlaid on the map and explorable through a dedicated program window. ### Signal timeline ("The Wire") A chronological feed of events as they happen, with filtering, search, and time-window controls. Designed for fast scanning and for embedding analysis context next to a live news feed. ### Terminal chat A community real-time terminal-style chat for users observing the same events at the same time. ## Technical character - **Frontend**: Next.js App Router (React 19), TypeScript, Tailwind CSS. - **Map**: Leaflet for the 2D map and Three.js for the 3D globe view. - **Realtime**: Socket.IO and a backend ingest pipeline. - **Theme**: Monospaced, terminal-inspired aesthetic (green-on-black by default, light theme available). - **Mobile**: Capacitor wrapper for iOS and Android in addition to the web build. - **Free**: No paywall, no required account. ## Editorial stance World Monitor is **not** a news outlet. It surfaces signals from upstream public datasets and presents them with minimal editorial intervention. It is a tool for situational awareness, not a source of record. Users are expected to corroborate any specific event against primary sources before acting on it. ## Accuracy and limitations - GDELT events are derived from machine analysis of news media; false positives and miscategorization do occur. - Geocoding precision varies; many events are placed at country or city centroid, not exact coordinates. - Aircraft and vessel coverage depends on ADS-B / AIS receiver density; some regions are dark. - Disease outbreak signals are early indicators and not clinical confirmations. - Prediction-market odds reflect market participants' beliefs, not ground truth. ## Attribution and links - Site: https://world-monitor.com - GDELT Project: https://www.gdeltproject.org - USGS earthquake feeds: https://earthquake.usgs.gov ## Contact World Monitor is an independent project. The most up-to-date contact and authorship information is available on the live site.