The idea
Make a complex shipping and geopolitical situation legible through a map-led daily briefing.
The connection
The distinctive work is editorial and spatial: deciding which signals deserve attention, how they relate geographically and how to show uncertainty when public information is incomplete.
System design
The following structure makes the project concept inspectable and defines the implementation to demonstrate.
What would prove it
Reconstruct one historical briefing from its saved sources and test whether a reader can identify what changed, when it was observed and which claims remain uncertain.
The next complete milestone
The completion path is a reliable update process with stale-data indicators, source corrections and a visible distinction between a map illustration and verified vessel positions. Operational decisions should not depend on an unexplained animated marker.
Project record
Tracks shifting shipping patterns and geopolitical signal around the Strait of Hormuz, publishing a daily AI-researched brief with an animated map as its centrepiece — cached at the edge so it stays fast under load.
Source: the published APX project register, recovered 28 September 2026. This study explains the design direction and evaluation path; it is not a fresh audit of the product implementation.