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koala73/worldmonitorv2.1.0Feb 14, 2026by koala73

AI Summary

Major release introducing country intelligence briefs, strategic theater posture tracking, threat classification, and site variants.

Key Highlights

  • AI-generated intelligence briefs for every country on the map
  • Theater-based military buildup detection across 6+ regions
  • Tech variant dashboard with AI-focused prompts and panels
  • Military flight tracking using ADS-B Exchange and Wingbits

New Features

  • Country intelligence briefs with geo-based military counts
  • Strategic theater posture with combined aircraft and naval tracking
  • Threat classification with severity badges and sorting
  • Tech variant dashboard (`VITE_VARIANT=tech`)
  • Military flight tracking (ADS-B)
  • GDACS global disaster alerts integration
  • Prediction markets integration (Polymarket)
  • Satellite fires via NASA FIRMS

Full Release Notes

## World Monitor v2.1.0

Major release adding country intelligence briefs, strategic theater posture, threat classification, and site variants.

### Country Intelligence Briefs
- Click any country on the map for AI-generated intelligence briefs
- Geo-based military counts, richer context, expanded AI prompts
- Country hover highlight with instant loading feedback
- Stock market indices integrated into country intel

### AI Strategic Posture
- Theater-based military buildup detection across 6+ regions
- Israel/Gaza, Yemen/Red Sea (Houthi), and 3 more theaters
- Combined aircraft + naval vessel tracking per theater
- Server-side caching and resilience improvements
- Stale cache fallback when ACLED fails

### Threat Classification
- AI-powered news categorization with severity badges
- News sorted by threat severity instead of chronological
- Category tag badges on news items
- News geo-location map markers

### Site Variants
- Tech variant (`VITE_VARIANT=tech`): AI/startup focused dashboard
- Tech-specific AI prompts, Tech Readiness panel, Tech Hubs
- Geopolitical panels gated per variant
- AI summary cache isolation between variants

### Military Flight Tracking
- ADS-B Exchange military aircraft database
- ICAO hex range detection for military aircraft
- Wingbits as fallback when OpenSky fails
- Improved callsign detection, reduced false positives

### Additional Features
- GDACS global disaster alerts integration
- Region selector in header with render throttling
- Market Radar, BTC ETF Tracker, Stablecoins panels
- Sparkline charts for Markets, Crypto, and Commodities
- Prediction markets integration (Polymarket)
- World Stories: shareable country intelligence snapshots
- Satellite fires via NASA FIRMS
- Temporal anomaly detection service
- ACLED conflicts, UCDP classification, HDX HAPI integration

### Infrastructure
- Upstash Redis caching for cross-user deduplication
- AIS snapshot optimization
- CORS hardening across all API endpoints
- Unified radar-style loading indicators

### Bug Fixes
- Fix weighted average in strategic risk score
- Fix vessel tracking and timing
- Fix ACLED API endpoint URL and auth
- Fix Wingbits API nested paths (Vercel catch-all limitation)
- Fix map canvas corruption on zoom
- Fix popup truncation at top of viewport

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/koala73/worldmonitor/compare/v2.0.0...v2.1.0