Three operators at a console facing a video wall with a world map and live data

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Vigil

One globe for open-source signals.

An open-source monitor built for OMN's newsrooms: events, official statements and open data on one map.

Vigil answers the first question of every story: what is happening, and where. Events, official statements, air and sea traffic land on one globe as they appear.

Each layer switches on and off. A signal becomes a story brief for the regional desk, so the newsroom moves from noticing to reporting in one step.

Built for
OMN's journalists and editors
Layers
Events · Official · Air · Sea
Hand-off
Story brief for the regional desk
Origin
Built inside OMN's newsrooms

Vigil · Live preview

Drag the globe.

Sample signals on a rotating globe. Switch the layers to filter.

Open-source monitor · For OMN newsrooms

Vigil

One globe for open-source signals. Events, official statements and open data feeds land on the map as they appear, so a desk can answer the first question fast: what is happening, and where.

Layers

Events, official sources, air and sea traffic, each switchable.

Built for

OMN's journalists and editors, inside the newsroom stack.

Hand-off

A signal becomes a story brief for the regional desk.

Live observationUTC 00:00:00
Preview · sample signals · drag to rotate

How Vigil works

Observe. Filter. Brief. Report.

  1. 01Observe

    Open sources stream onto the globe as they appear.

  2. 02Filter

    Switch layers: events, official, air and sea.

  3. 03Brief

    A signal becomes a brief for the regional desk.

  4. 04Report

    The desk writes, Herald distributes.

On the globe

Four layers, one picture.

iEvent clustersWhere events gather, pulsing as they grow.
iiOfficial statementsGovernments and institutions, marked apart.
iiiAir corridorsTraffic on the main routes between regions.
ivShipping lanesThe straits and canals trade moves through.
vLive clockEvery signal on one UTC timeline.
viStory briefsFrom a point on the map to a desk assignment.