The Spatial Update is a map-based news site. Every story here is georeferenced — tied to real coordinates on a live, explorable map — instead of being locked inside a wall of text. Strikes, shipping lanes, borders, migration routes, economic chokepoints: if it happened somewhere, you can find it on the map and see exactly where.
Each story combines a written narrative with layered map data — timelines, markers, and geographic context you can click through at your own pace. The goal is simple: help readers understand where events are actually happening, not just that they happened.
Alongside the map, we publish a daily Morning Edition — a quick, text-first roundup of the day's most significant developments, for readers who want the news without opening the map.
The Spatial Update is independently produced. There is no newsroom behind it — just one person mapping the news.