wtf is ukraine-timemap?

gaearon/ukraine-timemap — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2022-04-06

★ 68Audience · researcherComplexity · 3/5DormantSetup · moderate

Mindmap

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  root((ukraine-timemap))
    What it does
      Map civilian harm incidents
      Timeline of events
      Clustered map markers
    Tech stack
      Node.js
      Web application
    Use cases
      Investigate military actions
      Document human rights violations
      Verify news across sources
    Audience
      Journalists
      Researchers
      Human rights organizations
    Background
      Built by Bellingcat
      Forked from Forensic Architecture
      Filterable by category

mindmap root((ukraine-timemap)) What it does Map civilian harm incidents Timeline of events Clustered map markers Tech stack Node.js Web application Use cases Investigate military actions Document human rights violations Verify news across sources Audience Journalists Researchers Human rights organizations Background Built by Bellingcat Forked from Forensic Architecture Filterable by category

Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Explore civilian harm incidents in Ukraine on a map filtered by region and date range.

REASON 2

Cross-reference reported incidents across multiple sources to verify a news story.

REASON 3

Search for all incidents near a specific city within a given month for research.

REASON 4

Set up and host the tool locally to build or contribute new features.

What's in the stack?

Node.jsJavaScript

How it stacks up

	gaearon/ukraine-timemap	ahatem/qtranslate	diabloidyobane/driverscope
Stars	68	68	68
Language	—	Kotlin	Python
Last pushed	2022-04-06	—	—
Maintenance	Dormant	—	—
Setup difficulty	moderate	easy	moderate
Complexity	3/5	2/5	3/5
Audience	researcher	general	developer

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Built with Node.js, requires building the project and hosting the output on a web server.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1

Explain how ukraine-timemap clusters incidents on the map and breaks clusters apart as you zoom in.

Prompt 2

Walk me through building and hosting ukraine-timemap locally as a Node.js web application.

Prompt 3

How does ukraine-timemap let a researcher filter incidents by category and source?

Prompt 4

Show me how ukraine-timemap links its timeline component to the map so incidents stay synced by date.

Frequently asked questions