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# Data Layers
> 40+ toggleable intelligence layers covering geopolitics, military, infrastructure, markets, and more
## Overview
World Monitor provides **40+ real-time data layers** that can be toggled individually or by category. Each layer is sourced from authoritative datasets and updated continuously.
Layers are variant-aware: the **Tech variant** emphasizes startup ecosystems and cloud infrastructure, while the **Finance variant** highlights stock exchanges and central banks.
## Layer Categories
### Geopolitical Layers
Track conflicts, protests, and global events.
**Active Conflict Zones**
* Source: UCDP (Uppsala Conflict Data Program) + ACLED
* Coverage: Armed conflicts worldwide
* Threshold: 1,000+ battle deaths/year for "war" classification
* Update frequency: Daily
**Data Points:**
* Conflict intensity (color-coded)
* Casualty estimates
* Active factions
* Geographic extent
Countries with active wars receive automatic CII floor scores to prevent optimistic drift in instability calculations.
**Social Unrest Events**
* **Dual-source**: ACLED protests + GDELT geo-events
* **Deduplication**: Haversine distance-based (merge within 50km)
* Coverage: Demonstrations, riots, civil disorder
* Update frequency: Real-time
**Clustering:**
* Supercluster groups nearby protests at low zoom
* Cluster size indicates event count
* Click cluster to zoom and expand
```typescript theme={null}
// Cluster threshold adapts to zoom level
const threshold = Math.max(60, Math.min(150, 200 - zoom * 20));
```
**Multi-Source Disaster Tracking**
* **USGS Earthquakes**: M4.5+ seismic events
* **GDACS**: Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System
* **NASA EONET**: Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker
Event types:
* Earthquakes
* Floods
* Wildfires
* Volcanic eruptions
* Severe storms
* Tsunamis
**Cyber Threat IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)**
Geo-located on the globe:
* C2 servers (command and control)
* Malware hosts
* Phishing infrastructure
* Malicious URLs
**APT Attribution:**
* APT groups mapped to origin countries
* Attack infrastructure locations
* Historical campaign data
Source: Threat intelligence feeds
### Military & Strategic Layers
Monitor military assets, bases, and strategic facilities.
**220+ Global Military Bases**
* **9 operators tracked**:
* United States (largest network)
* Russia
* China
* France
* United Kingdom
* Germany
* Japan
* Turkey
* NATO (joint facilities)
**Base Types:**
* Air bases
* Naval bases
* Army installations
* Joint facilities
* Forward operating bases
Click any base for details: operator, facility type, nearest conflicts, and related military activity.
**Live ADS-B Military Flight Tracking**
* Source: ADS-B transponder data
* Update frequency: Every 2 minutes
* Coverage: Aircraft broadcasting ADS-B signals
**Aircraft Enrichment:**
```typescript theme={null}
// Via Wingbits aviation intelligence API
interface FlightEnrichment {
registration: string;
manufacturer: string;
model: string;
operator: string;
confidence: 'confirmed' | 'likely' | 'possible';
}
```
**Confidence Classification:**
* **Confirmed**: Operator matches known military branch
* **Likely**: Aircraft type exclusively military (tanker, AWACS)
* **Possible**: Government-registered in military operating area
**AIS Maritime Tracking**
* Source: AIS (Automatic Identification System)
* Coverage: Ships broadcasting AIS
* Update frequency: Real-time
**Vessel Classification:**
* Carrier groups
* Combatant vessels
* Support ships
* Submarines (when surfaced)
**USNI Fleet Intelligence:**
* Weekly U.S. Naval Institute deployment reports
* Merged with live AIS data
* Strike group assignments
* Operational theaters
* Vessels running dark (AIS off) shown at last known position
**Nuclear Infrastructure**
* Nuclear power plants
* Research reactors
* Fuel cycle facilities
* Weapons facilities (publicly known)
* Gamma irradiators
Only appears when zoomed in (detail layer). Sensitive locations from open-source intelligence.
### Infrastructure Layers
Critical global infrastructure and chokepoints.
**Global Submarine Cable Network**
* Landing points
* Cable routes
* Capacity and operators
**Cable Health Monitoring:**
* NGA navigational warnings (cable damage alerts)
* Repair ship tracking
* Advisory severity classification
```typescript theme={null}
// Signal types
type CableSignal =
| 'operator_fault' // Confirmed damage (severity 1.0)
| 'cable_advisory'; // Repair ops, warnings (severity 0.6)
```
Geographic matching:
* 50km radius around cable coordinates
* Cosine-latitude-corrected equirectangular distance
* Results cached in Redis (6h TTL)
**Major Pipeline Networks**
Color-coded by content:
* Oil pipelines (red)
* Natural gas (blue)
* LNG routes (cyan)
Notable pipelines:
* Nord Stream
* Druzhba Pipeline
* Trans-Alaska Pipeline
* Keystone Pipeline
* Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean
**111 Major AI/ML Compute Clusters**
Mapped locations:
* Hyperscale datacenters
* AI training facilities
* Edge computing hubs
Metadata:
* Operator (Google, Microsoft, Meta, etc.)
* Estimated compute capacity
* Power consumption
* Cooling infrastructure
Combine with **Internet Outages** layer to monitor datacenter connectivity.
**83 Strategic Ports**
Six port types:
* Container ports
* Oil terminals
* LNG terminals
* Naval ports
* Mixed-use
* Bulk cargo
**Throughput Rankings:**
* TEU capacity (container ports)
* Barrel/day capacity (oil ports)
* Strategic importance scoring
**19 Global Trade Routes**
Route categories:
* Container shipping lanes
* Energy corridors
* Bulk commodity routes
**Multi-segment arcs:**
* Routes pass through strategic chokepoints
* Rendered as great circle paths (3D globe)
* Bézier curves (flat map)
Key chokepoints:
* Strait of Hormuz
* Suez Canal
* Malacca Strait
* Panama Canal
* Bab el-Mandeb
* Taiwan Strait
* Turkish Straits
**NASA FIRMS Thermal Hotspots**
* Source: VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite)
* Coverage: Global
* Detection: Thermal anomalies from space
Use cases:
* Wildfire monitoring
* Industrial fires
* Conflict-related fires
* Gas flaring detection
**GPS/GNSS Interference Zones**
* Source: ADS-B transponder analysis (gpsjam.org)
* Method: Aircraft report GPS anomalies
* Visualization: H3 hex grid
**Interference Classification:**
* **Medium** (amber): >2% aircraft affected
* **High** (red): >10% aircraft affected
**CII Impact:**
* Up to +35 points per country in security scoring
* Region-tagged across 12 conflict zones
### Market & Crypto Layers
**92 Global Stock Exchanges (Finance Variant)**
**Tiers:**
* **Mega**: NYSE, NASDAQ, Shanghai, Euronext, Tokyo
* **Major**: Hong Kong, London, NSE/BSE, Toronto, Korea, Saudi Tadawul
* **Emerging**: Regional exchanges
Metadata:
* Market capitalization
* Trading hours
* Primary indices
* Currency
**19 Financial Centers (Finance Variant)**
Ranked by Global Financial Centres Index:
1. New York
2. London
3. Singapore
4. Hong Kong
5. San Francisco
...
* Offshore centers: Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Bermuda, Channel Islands
**13 Central Banks (Finance Variant)**
* Federal Reserve (US)
* European Central Bank
* Bank of Japan
* Bank of England
* People's Bank of China
* Swiss National Bank
* Reserve Bank of Australia
* Bank of Canada
* Reserve Bank of India
* Bank of Korea
* Central Bank of Brazil
* Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority
* Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
* International Monetary Fund
**64 Saudi/UAE Foreign Direct Investments**
* Color-coded by status:
* Operational (green)
* Under construction (yellow)
* Announced (blue)
* Sized by investment amount
* Global distribution tracking
### Tech Ecosystem Layers (Tech Variant)
**Major Tech Company Headquarters**
Categories:
* Big Tech (FAANG+)
* Unicorns (\$1B+ valuation)
* Public tech companies
Metadata:
* Founding year
* Employee count
* Market cap / valuation
**Cloud Provider Infrastructure**
Mapped regions:
* AWS (50+ regions)
* Azure (60+ regions)
* Google Cloud (30+ regions)
Overlay with **Internet Outages** to monitor cloud availability zones.
**Global Startup Ecosystems**
* Funding data integration
* Ecosystem maturity scores
* Notable exits
Top hubs:
* Silicon Valley
* London Tech City
* Tel Aviv
* Bangalore
* Singapore
**Startup Accelerators**
Notable programs:
* Y Combinator (Mountain View)
* Techstars (global network)
* 500 Startups
* Plug and Play
## Layer Management
### Toggle Controls
Layers can be toggled:
* **Individually** - Click layer name
* **By category** - Toggle all geopolitical, military, etc.
* **Via URL** - `?layers=conflicts,bases,cables`
* **Command palette** - Press Cmd+K, type layer name
### Layer Presets
Quick combinations via Command Palette:
```
layers:military → Bases + flights + vessels
layers:finance → Exchanges + banks + markets
layers:conflict → Conflicts + protests + alerts
layers:infrastructure → Cables + pipelines + ports
```
## Data Freshness
Each layer has different update frequencies:
| Layer | Update Frequency | Source |
| ---------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- |
| Military flights | 2 minutes | ADS-B live |
| Naval vessels | Real-time | AIS live |
| Earthquakes | 5 minutes | USGS |
| Protests | 1 hour | ACLED |
| Conflicts | Daily | UCDP |
| Bases | Static | Curated database |
| Cables | Static (health: 6h) | TeleGeography + NGA |
The **Data Freshness Panel** shows status for all 28+ data sources with explicit intelligence gap reporting.
## Mobile Rendering
On mobile devices (screens under 768px), layers degrade gracefully:
* Reduced marker count (top 100 per layer)
* Simplified clustering
* SVG rendering instead of WebGL
* Essential layers only by default
## Layer Persistence
Active layers are saved:
* **localStorage** - Per-device preferences
* **URL state** - Shareable configurations
* **Session memory** - Survives navigation
## Related Features
* [Interactive Globe](/features/interactive-globe) - Map controls and navigation
* [Live News](/features/live-news) - News items appear as map markers
* Desktop App - Native performance for dense layers
## Best Practices
**Layer Selection Strategy**
1. Start with 3-5 relevant layers
2. Add more as needed for analysis
3. Use time filters to reduce clutter
4. Disable layers when not in use (improves performance)
5. Save useful combinations via URL bookmarks
**Performance Considerations**
Each active layer consumes GPU memory and rendering resources. On lower-end hardware:
* Limit to 5-7 active layers
* Prefer static layers (cables, bases) over dynamic (flights)
* Use regional presets to reduce viewport coverage