Map And Geospatial Reference Source Register
topographic, nautical, command-area, and geospatial reference material used inside WARLOCK-INDEX.
UNCLASSIFIED//OPEN SOURCE
Source Register ID: WI-SOURCE-REGISTER-MAPGEO-2026-0001
Prepared UTC: 2026-06-13T09:33:00Z
Information cutoff UTC: 2026-06-13T09:33:00Z
Purpose: Define source-routing rules for public map, geographic-name, topographic, nautical, command-area, and geospatial reference material used inside WARLOCK-INDEX.
Boundary: This register supports strategic orientation and source provenance only. It does not create targeting maps, sensitive facility overlays, infrastructure vulnerability maps, live movement layers, collection geometry, patrol-pattern analysis, route-selection tools, interdiction guidance, operational planning, surveillance products, or investigative direction.
Framing Rule
Maps are evidence containers, not conclusions. A public map can identify a publisher's boundary, naming, area-of-responsibility, navigation, or orientation framing. It does not independently prove intent, capability, threat status, control, sovereignty, access, vulnerability, or operational feasibility.
WARLOCK-INDEX products should keep these evidence types separate:
- Static public orientation maps.
- Official command-area and theater maps.
- Geographic names and boundary-source records.
- Topographic, hydrographic, and nautical chart sources.
- Declassified or historical imagery and map archives.
- Live movement, operational, or tactical geospatial data.
- Strategic analysis supported by non-map evidence.
Source Precedence
| Reference need | First source | Cross-check source | Required label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public U.S. strategic orientation map | NGA Maps for Download | DoD command pages, State maps, CIA legacy maps where appropriate | Strategic orientation only |
| GEOINT product-family routing | NGA Products and Services | Official product owner pages, USGS, NOAA, Library of Congress, National Archives | Source family, not operational authority |
| U.S. topographic context | USGS The National Map | State, local, or tribal authoritative sources where relevant | U.S. topographic reference |
| U.S. nautical chart context | NOAA Office of Coast Survey | NOAA chart fact sheets, U.S. Coast Guard, port or waterway authorities | Navigation-source reference only |
| Geographic names | U.S. Board on Geographic Names and NGA geographic-name tools | USGS GNIS, State, foreign official sources, UN or allied sources | Naming-source basis |
| Combatant command geography | Official combatant command area-of-responsibility pages | DoD posture statements, State country pages, NGA public maps | U.S. command-area framing |
| Historical map or imagery reference | Library of Congress, National Archives, NGA declassified or historical product pages | USGS, NOAA historical products, academic collections | Historical or archival snapshot |
| Foreign or allied map source | Official foreign government, allied defense, national mapping agency, or multilateral source | NGA, State, USGS, NOAA, UN | Issuer perspective and access date |
Core Source Families
NGA Maps For Download
- Source class: A
- Publisher: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Accessed UTC: 2026-06-13T09:33:00Z
- URL: https://www.nga.mil/resources/NGA_Maps_for_Download.html
- Use: Public-release static maps for broad theater, country, alliance, and regional orientation.
- Reliability note: Authoritative for NGA's released public map set and map titles. Use as orientation and provenance, not as current operational mapping, tactical detail, or authority to add sensitive overlays.
NGA Products And Services
- Source class: A
- Publisher: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Accessed UTC: 2026-06-13T09:33:00Z
- URL: https://www.nga.mil/resources/Products_%26_Services.html
- Use: Public routing source for NGA product families including public CIA maps, declassified imagery, GPS and WGS84-related products, Map of the World, maritime safety products, topographic maps, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, and World Magnetic Model.
- Reliability note: Authoritative for public product-family identity. Product existence does not imply public access to all underlying data, suitability for WARLOCK-INDEX use, or permission to produce operational geospatial products.
USGS The National Map
- Source class: A
- Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
- Accessed UTC: 2026-06-13T09:33:00Z
- URL: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geospatial-program/national-map
- Use: U.S. topographic, elevation, hydrography, geographic-name, boundary, land-cover, orthoimagery, US Topo, OnDemand Topo, and historical topographic map reference.
- Reliability note: Authoritative U.S. public geospatial source for national topographic reference. Avoid extracting facility vulnerability, infrastructure attack-surface, route-selection, or surveillance products.
NOAA Office Of Coast Survey
- Source class: A
- Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Accessed UTC: 2026-06-13T09:33:00Z
- URL: https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/
- Use: U.S. nautical chart, electronic navigational chart, chart locator, NOAA Custom Chart, navigation update, historical chart, maritime boundary, and hydrographic-source routing.
- Reliability note: Authoritative public U.S. charting source for navigation products. WARLOCK-INDEX uses it for source provenance and broad maritime context, not voyage planning, route recommendation, or live movement analysis.
NOAA Nautical Chart Explainer
- Source class: A
- Publisher: NOAA National Ocean Service
- Accessed UTC: 2026-06-13T09:33:00Z
- URL: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/nautical_chart.html
- Use: Plain-language source for what a nautical chart depicts and why it matters for safe navigation.
- Reliability note: Useful context for chart interpretation. Do not convert safety-of-navigation material into WARLOCK-INDEX route-selection or interdiction guidance.
U.S. Board On Geographic Names
- Source class: A
- Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey / U.S. Board on Geographic Names
- Accessed UTC: 2026-06-13T09:33:00Z
- URL: https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names
- Use: U.S. federal geographic-name standardization, naming policy, domestic and foreign names source routing, and naming-caveat support.
- Reliability note: Authoritative for U.S. federal naming standards and policy. Naming standardization should not be treated as sovereignty, recognition, legal-status, or conflict-control evidence by itself.
U.S. Combatant Command Area-Of-Responsibility Pages
- Source class: A
- Publisher: U.S. combatant commands
- Accessed UTC: 2026-06-13T09:33:00Z
- Representative URLs:
- https://www.pacom.mil/About-USINDOPACOM/USPACOM-Area-of-Responsibility/
- https://www.eucom.mil/about/area-of-responsibility
- https://www.centcom.mil/AREA-OF-RESPONSIBILITY/
- https://www.africom.mil/area-of-responsibility
- https://www.southcom.mil/About/Area-of-Responsibility/
- Use: Official public U.S. command-area framing, theater boundaries, and high-level regional orientation.
- Reliability note: Authoritative for command public framing. Do not infer current operations, basing, patrol patterns, force posture, access, or operational priorities from AOR maps alone.
National Mapping And Resource Information Authority
- Source class: A
- Publisher: National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, Republic of the Philippines
- Accessed UTC: 2026-06-13T18:56:00Z
- URL: https://www.namria.gov.ph/
- Use: Philippine national mapping and resource-information source-family routing, especially for Philippine issuer-language and map-product refresh around South China Sea, West Philippine Sea, and adjacent geography.
- Reliability note: Authoritative for Philippine national mapping source identity. Homepage verification does not establish a specific product title, publication date, boundary position, or current map content; exact map pages require product-level refresh before dated use.
Theater-Lane Routing
| WARLOCK-INDEX lane | Priority map source families | Current use | Boundary note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global strategic operating picture | NGA world maps, BGN, State, UN, USGS/NOAA where relevant | High-level orientation and naming caveats | No operational overlays |
| Europe / Russia / Ukraine | NGA public maps, NATO public maps, EUCOM AOR source family, State, allied government maps, UN Geospatial source family | Theater orientation, alliance geography, command-area source routing, and boundary/naming caveats | No front-line tracking, target mapping, basing inference, operational overlays, route selection, or strike assessment |
| Indo-Pacific / Taiwan / first island chain | NGA public maps, DoD command maps, allied government maps, BGN | Regional orientation and boundary/naming caveats | No basing, route, or movement inference |
| Philippines / South China Sea / West Philippine Sea | NGA public maps, USINDOPACOM AOR, NAMRIA, Philippine Official Gazette source family, PCA legal-source record, State Limits in the Seas | Broad orientation, issuer-language caveats, legal-source routing, and allied-posture context | No vessel routing, interdiction, basing inference, access-route analysis, legal advice, or maritime operational guidance |
| Middle East / Red Sea / Hormuz | NGA public maps, CENTCOM AOR pages, NOAA maritime chart families, State | Chokepoint and command-area context | No vessel routing, interdiction, or live maritime layer |
| Africa | AFRICOM AOR pages, NGA public maps, State, UN/AU maps | Theater and subregion orientation | Avoid sensitive facility, route, or conflict-zone tactical detail |
| Homeland / Western Hemisphere | USGS The National Map, NOAA charts, SOUTHCOM/NORTHCOM public pages, State | U.S. and hemisphere orientation | No domestic surveillance or vulnerability mapping |
| Arctic / High North | NGA, NOAA, USGS, Canada, Norway, NATO, Arctic Council sources | Strategic geography and maritime context | No route advisories or infrastructure vulnerability mapping |
Map Extraction Rules
- Record publisher, URL, accessed UTC, publication or release date where available, map title, map scale or size where relevant, and whether the map is static, historical, current, or product-family routing.
- Identify naming, boundary, recognition, disputed-territory, or policy caveats when the map touches contested geography.
- Treat combatant command maps as U.S. command-area framing, not proof of operations, control, basing, or access.
- Treat NOAA nautical charts and chart tools as navigation-source material, not WARLOCK-INDEX route-selection or operational-planning sources.
- Treat USGS topographic and built-environment layers as public U.S. geospatial reference. Do not convert them into vulnerability maps or targetable infrastructure inventories.
- Use geographic-name sources to preserve source language. Do not silently normalize contested names or statuses.
- Do not combine public maps with live movement, sensitive facility, collection, readiness, or exploitation layers inside WARLOCK-INDEX.
Prohibited Product Patterns
- Targeting maps, target folders, or target-selection aids.
- Sensitive facility overlays, access-point mapping, or infrastructure vulnerability labels.
- Route-selection, interdiction, patrol-pattern, or evasion guidance.
- Live vessel, aircraft, ground-force, or convoy tracking.
- Collection geometry, sensor coverage, watch zones, or surveillance tasking.
- Domestic political, protest, immigration, or community surveillance maps.
- Claims that a public map proves legal sovereignty, military control, threat intent, or operational feasibility without separate evidence.
Minimum Product Fields
When a WARLOCK-INDEX product uses this register, include:
- Source family.
- Publisher.
- URL.
- Accessed UTC.
- Publication, release, or update date where available.
- Map title or product family.
- Static, historical, current, chart, topographic, command-area, or naming source label.
- Reliability note.
- Boundary note for contested geography, navigation material, command-area maps, or any geospatial material that could be over-read.
Information Gaps
- NGA public map titles and file links can change; refresh exact map pages before making dated map-specific claims.
- State country and area pages should be refreshed before using them as current diplomatic map or country-context sources.
- Many official map products carry policy, naming, boundary, recognition, or projection choices. Products should preserve those caveats.
- Philippines and South China Sea products should keep national map sources, legal-source records, diplomatic source families, and threat sources in separate layers.
- Europe/NATO/Ukraine products should keep static maps, alliance geography, command-area framing, diplomatic sources, active-war evidence, and legal claims in separate layers.
- This register does not replace ODNI, DoD, DIA, Treasury, State, DOJ, CISA, FBI, UN, NATO, or allied sources for threat, legal, sanctions, military, or operational claims.
Source List
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA Maps For Download:
https://www.nga.mil/resources/NGA_Maps_for_Download.html - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Products And Services:
https://www.nga.mil/resources/Products_%26_Services.html - NATO, NATO on the Map:
https://www.nato.int/en/about-us/organization/nato-on-the-map - NATO, NATO Member Countries:
https://www.nato.int/en/about-us/organization/nato-member-countries - U.S. European Command, Area of Responsibility source family:
https://www.eucom.mil/about/area-of-responsibility - U.S. Geological Survey, The National Map:
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geospatial-program/national-map - NOAA Office of Coast Survey:
https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ - NOAA National Ocean Service, What Is A Nautical Chart?:
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/nautical_chart.html - U.S. Board on Geographic Names:
https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names - U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Area of Responsibility:
https://www.pacom.mil/About-USINDOPACOM/USPACOM-Area-of-Responsibility/ - National Mapping and Resource Information Authority:
https://www.namria.gov.ph/ - Permanent Court of Arbitration, The South China Sea Arbitration:
https://pca-cpa.org/en/cases/7/ - U.S. Department of State, Limits in the Seas No. 150:
https://www.state.gov/limits-in-the-seas-no-150-peoples-republic-of-china-maritime-claims-in-the-south-china-sea/ - Philippine Official Gazette, Administrative Order No. 29:
https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2012/09/05/administrative-order-no-29-s-2012/ - U.S. Central Command, Area Of Responsibility:
https://www.centcom.mil/AREA-OF-RESPONSIBILITY/ - U.S. Africa Command, Area Of Responsibility:
https://www.africom.mil/area-of-responsibility - U.S. Southern Command, Area Of Responsibility:
https://www.southcom.mil/About/Area-of-Responsibility/
Cross References
- Theater Map Index
- Indo-Pacific And Taiwan Map Reference Source Packet
- Philippines And South China Sea Map Reference Source Packet
- Europe, NATO, And Ukraine Map Reference Source Packet
- CIA, State, And NGA Foreign Government And Map Reference Packet
- Foreign Government Reference Source Register
- Maritime Chokepoints Source Register
- Official U.S. Intelligence And Law Enforcement Source Register
- Official U.S. Sources
- Allied And Multilateral Source Register