Interactive Map of all Battles ever fought

[Sanny]

http://battles.nodegoat.net/viewer.p/23/385/scenario/1/geo/fullscreen

It collects all data of all battles ever fought from Wikipedia and places them on a map that shows all battles from 2500BC to 2016AD. You can click on each node to find out more information.
You're welcome.

You can find out more information here: http://battles.nodegoat.net/

 

[alpreb]

Is it just me or do need pixel perfect precision to actually read any of the dots?

 

[Sanny]

Is it just me or do need pixel perfect precision to actually read any of the dots?

You can zoom in on the map, it's easier if you use a laser-pointed mouse (incase you're using a trackpad).

EDIT: actually it does seem that the right side of each dot is the only bit responsive

 

[Sarmatia1871]

It seems to be missing all of the battles from the Emu War.

 

[Tufto]

Nice! Not completely comprehensive, of course, but very interesting and useful nonetheless. Thanks for linking .

 

[Culise]

It is interesting. Some of the coordinates seem a bit awkward, though. For instance, did you know that the Yalu River, Inchon, and Ganghwa are all in the middle of the Yellow Sea?

 

[Tufto]

It is interesting. Some of the coordinates seem a bit awkward, though. For instance, did you know that the Yalu River, Inchon, and Ganghwa are all in the middle of the Yellow Sea?

The capture of Hormuz apparently happened in Tehran, too but still, it's a pretty fair effort for such a vast project.

 

[icedt729]

Do you know if it draws off all Wikipedia pages, or just certain languages? Because that might account partly for the tremendous number of battles for Europe and North America.

 

[Jolt]

Taking into account the absolute paucity of battles in China, it's safe to assume they only draw from English wikipedia.

 

[Sanny]

Taking into account the absolute paucity of battles in China, it's safe to assume they only draw from English wikipedia.

Most are pulled from English wikipedia but there are some pulled from different languages.

In no way is this complete, it's an ongoing project

 

[Stryk9ine]

Pretty interesting stuff, I could literally spend hours on stuff like this lol. Missing a few things though, notably lacking any of the Native American vs settler battles that took place here in my home state of Washington in the US. Also for some weird reason when you zoom in on Korea it turns into a road map of Korea. I couldn't find any other place that does this, only Korea. Very odd lol.

 

[Sanny]

notably lacking any of the Native American vs settler battles that took place here in my home state of Washington in the US.

If there isn't a separate wikipedia page on it, it wont appear on the map

 

[Imgran]

Can't use, requires pixel perfect mouse placement, I can't hold the mouse in the perfect position manually without slipping off, and if I let go, that movement is tracked by the mouse and it slips off. i should note that I use a wireless mouse.

I think I was able to read one, then got sick of the game of hunt-the-pixel.