OTFR Real-Time Maps- Tactical, Situation and soon Gaia-Lens (Global)
Ground-truth awareness for underreported crises — open-source prototypes for journalists, aid workers, coordinators, and communities.
The Vision
These are not maps in the traditional sense. These tools are evolving into a combination of early warning systems and situation descriptors (verbal & visual) designed for exploration and understanding. Rather than a static image, these situation-maps provide a living basis for learning and foresight—built from real-time alerts, insights, and ground-truth.
Proof of Concept (POC) Series
These maps use freely available public data sources (USGS, NASA FIRMS, GDACS, Liveuamap, Insecurity Insight, DeepStateMap). Full, detailed, armed conflict layers are available upon provision of valid ACLED access credentials.
Realtime Situation Maps
- Strategic Intelligence Gateway- GDELT
Internet Connection REQUIRED. A customized version of GDELT. "GDELT monitors and analyzes the world's news media in over 100 languages to create a realtime open data platform for computing on human society. Explore events, themes, emotions, networks, images and more from nearly every corner of the world."
- Caribbean / Haiti Insecurity (POC) Attacks on aid, health & education workers (Insecurity Insight) + regional disaster alerts (GDACS). Full gang violence & conflict layer (ACLED) available with your credentials.
- DRC Situation (POC) Humanitarian alerts (floods, displacement – GDACS) + crowdsourced conflict reports (Liveuamap). Full ACLED upgrade (M23 advances, ADF/CODECO attacks, civilian violence) ready with your credentials.
- Levant Conflicts Gaza-Syria-Jordan-Israel Full ACLED upgrade ready with your credentials.
- Sudan Conflict (POC) Displacement & flood alerts (GDACS) + crowdsourced/OSINT reports (Liveuamap). Full ACLED layer (RSF vs SAF clashes, airstrikes, civilian impacts) available with your credentials.
- Ukraine Conflict (POC) Live clash/airstrike reports upgrade (Liveuamap/ACLED) available with your credentials.
Realtime Tactical Maps
- Global Disasters (POC) Real-time earthquakes (USGS), active fires (NASA FIRMS MODIS), major events & displacement alerts (GDACS). Mobile-friendly, time-filterable.
- Hybrid Attacks (POC) Hybrid Attack Reports. Full ACLED upgrade ready with your credentials.
Realtime Gaia Lens
- Free-Bird (POC) The planet is changing. It is becoming more complex, more beautiful, and more terrifying all at once. Most people will look away. Some will look through a single, filtered lens provided by someone else.
All maps are designed to run standalone, easy install, mobile-friendly, and built on open standards (live data requires internet, but we help you work without the net if you prefer).
Interested in richer conflict data, custom views, or integration?
Provide ACLED access details (or other premium sources)- contact us if you need help.
Open source · Non-commercial · Humanitarian focus
⚙️ The Codeberg Difference: Documents / Software
The Resilience Hub contains documentation and protocols.
If you are looking for executable code, automation scripts, software to implement these tools at scale, or markdown/pdf to translate or distribute, please visit our dedicated development repositories: