OSINT & Risk

From a reported event to evidence from space

Discover geolocated world events, see how precisely each is placed and how widely it was reported, check whether a satellite can settle it, and keep watch on the places you are exposed to. For risk and security teams, journalists, fact-checkers and OSINT researchers.

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Quick answer — what Off-Nadir Delta is

Off-Nadir Delta turns open reporting into checkable evidence. The Watchfloor surfaces geolocated events from global news media and official hazard feeds; each event states how precisely it is placed (reported, localized or pinpointed), how many distinct outlets carried it, how its sources grade on the NATO/Admiralty scale, and whether a satellite can observe it. The Watchlist keeps watch on events, areas and sites, and every event has a public page you can cite.

From signal to evidence, in six steps

An events map tells you where something was reported. An imagery viewer assumes you already know where to look. Delta joins the two — and says plainly where the evidence stops.

1. Discover · Delta Watchfloor

Geolocated world events from global news media and official hazard feeds (USGS significant earthquakes, volcanic-ash SIGMETs), on a map and a list. Sort by latest, oldest or (on plans that include it) imaging value; "Near my places" narrows the list to events near the places on your Watchlist.

2. Locate honestly · Location ladder

Each event says how far its location is known: reported (country or province), localized (town) or pinpointed (block or facility). A coordinate that contradicts the reported country is dropped rather than plotted, and an area is shown as an area — not a false point.

3. Weigh the reporting · Evidence

Near-duplicate articles fold into one event with a count of distinct outlets — breadth, not independence. Source reliability (A–F) and information credibility (1–6) are graded separately on the NATO/Admiralty scale, and a timestamped history shows what changed.

4. Verify from space · Collection

Each event states whether it is observable from space and which sensor fits — SAR through cloud and at night, optical in clear daylight. Pass prediction shows when free (Sentinel, Landsat, NISAR) or taskable commercial satellites can next see the place, as a geometric opportunity, not a promised collect.

5. Keep watch · Delta Watchlist

Watch an event, an area or a site — a registry facility or any point, at facility, city or country scale. Areas can be measured on every new acquisition with anomalies flagged against their own history; email alerts and a weekly digest of new events in an area are opt-in.

6. Cite and build · Events, Agent, API

Every event has a public page you can link. Ask Delta Agent a plain-language question for a sourced, geolocated brief, or pull the same events, threads and plans over the REST API, Python SDK or MCP.

Geopolitical & operational risk

Know what is happening near what you depend on — and how much of it is established.

Risk & security teams

A live, geolocated picture of conflict, security, disaster and infrastructure events — each with its location precision and reporting breadth stated — plus watches on the places you are exposed to.

Supply chain & operations

Watch ports, airports, power plants and chokepoints from the facility registry. A port watched as a facility is measured from radar imagery by default (vessel counts), not just by the news about it.

Insurance & exposure

Tie loss events to places and dates you can check: active-fire detections, radar and optical scenes before and after, and change detection on plans that include it.

News verification & investigations

Check a headline against its sources, its location and what a satellite could show — or honestly fail to show.

Journalists & fact-checkers

Go from a headline to the event behind it: the outlets that carried it (the latest article from each is linked on every plan), how precisely it is placed, and whether open imagery could confirm it.

OSINT researchers

Grade the reporting, read the change history, and plan the look — which sensor, which pass — before you pull a single scene.

NGOs & policy teams

Keep a watch on the regions and facilities your work covers and brief stakeholders from sourced events, without GIS software.

Open sources, stated limits

Delta reads public reporting and official hazard feeds and links back to them. Its imagery is open Sentinel-class data (around 10 m), so it is not a sub-meter provider — pass prediction shows when a commercial satellite could see the place if you need one. It is built for situational awareness and published verification, not for tracking or targeting individuals.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is geospatial OSINT?▼

Geospatial OSINT answers "what is happening, where" from publicly available sources — news reporting, official hazard feeds and open satellite imagery — rather than classified collection. The usual loop is to fix an event in space and time from open reporting, then check it with imagery. Off-Nadir Delta runs that loop in the browser.

What is geopolitical risk intelligence, and how is this different from a live events map?▼

Geopolitical risk intelligence tracks world events and what they mean for security and operations. A live events map shows where something was reported. Off-Nadir Delta also states how precisely each event is placed, how widely and how reliably it was reported, whether a satellite can observe it, and when one can next pass over — and lets you keep a watch on the places you are exposed to.

How do I verify a news event with satellite imagery?▼

Fix the place and date first: imagery only confirms something at a known location and time. Check the event's location level (an event known only to the country cannot be pointed at), then whether it is observable at the resolution of open imagery, then compare a pre-event and post-event scene — radar (Sentinel-1) through cloud and darkness, optical (Sentinel-2) in clear daylight. When open imagery cannot resolve the question, the event says so rather than offering an image that could not show it.

Does "reported by 9 outlets" mean 9 independent sources?▼

No. The count is of distinct outlets, and syndicated reprints are not collapsed, so it measures breadth, not independence. Reliability and credibility are graded separately on the NATO/Admiralty scale for that reason: a reliable outlet can carry a doubtful claim, and the reverse.

What can free satellite imagery actually confirm?▼

Open Sentinel-class imagery (around 10 m) resolves regional change — flood extent, fire scars, large structural damage, vessel presence, construction over time. It generally cannot identify individual vehicles or people; that needs sub-meter commercial imagery, and pass prediction shows when a taskable commercial satellite could see the place.

What is free, and what needs a paid plan?▼

Without an account you see the previous day’s top events (title, category, place and location level) and every event of that day on the map. Free accounts see every event up to the end of the previous day, with the summary, location level, reporting breadth, grading, observability and the latest article from each outlet. Real-time events, the full event detail (reported facts, every source, collection reasoning, relations) and the finer filters come with a paid plan.

Can I cite and publish what I find?▼

Cite the original news articles as such. Sentinel imagery is openly licensed and can be published with attribution ("Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data"). Each event has a public page, and the satellite fields on it are the same values the API returns, so a methods section can reproduce the lookup.

Does the AI make up details when evidence is thin?▼

Delta Agent is built to refuse rather than fabricate: when evidence is missing it says what is missing. The methodology page shows real refusals from the live system. Off-Nadir Delta is for situational awareness and published verification — not for tracking or targeting individuals.