The Mapping Militants Project identifies patterns in the evolution of militant organizations in specified conflict theatres and provides visual representations of changing relationships among groups.
Relationships are traced in interactive timeline-diagrams (maps) which show how inter-group relationships such as rivalries and alliances change over time. The maps are linked to group profiles, which compile open-source news and data on militant organizations to provide a comprehensive, fully cited report on each group.
Map Features (Example of the map)
- Current map - http://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/maps/view/philippines
- Shows groups (filter by active / inactive / all), name, description and link to group page in pop-up
- Shows all leaders (hide/show)
- Shows attacks (hide/show)
- Zoom in and out
- Pop-up with information about events/leaders/groups (on top of page now)
- Other features???
Data for each map comes from two sources based on node id for a map
- we might need to combine data for each group into one json file
- map data (for example, for Philippines url of json source is https://dev-mapping-militants.pantheonsite.io/data/map/23)
- profiles data for this map (for example, for Philippines url of json source is https://dev-mapping-militants.pantheonsite.io/data/profiles/23)
- original data https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/communist-party-philippines-new-peoples-army
Developer documentation - to be extended
- security updates should be completed via website UI for system updates ( /admin/config/system/updates), not via Pantheon updates.