What is AP Map Laboratory?

Entry point for source-aware GIS projects: genocide geography, Armenian and Artsakh heritage, conflict records, displacement flows, disaster risk, and public-health evidence maps.

What does this map room cover?

Coverage includes World, Armenia, Artsakh, South Caucasus, Ottoman Empire with focus areas such as Digital cartography, Historical geography, GIS, Evidence systems.

Who created this research map?

The atlas is an authored research interface by Ararat Petrosyan, connecting digital cartography, evidence systems, historical geography, and public data analysis.

Map laboratory

When history becomes spatial, evidence becomes navigable.

Name: Digital Maps and Evidence Atlases | Ararat Petrosyan
Creator: Ararat Petrosyan
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source discipline Every atlas is treated as a separate evidence instrument: verified datasets, candidate releases, operational monitors, media signals, and curated chronologies are labelled separately instead of being mixed into one opaque layer.

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Atlas interfaces

Every major map now belongs to one navigable command center, including local conflict-theater atlases.

Armenia thematic room

AP Armenia Room

Thematic atlas cabinet for Armenia: administrative, physical, hypsometric, geological, tectonic, seismic, climate, water, agriculture, industry, transport, population, settlement, and future heritage layers.

Temporal history GIS

AP World History Atlas

Source-aware temporal atlas foundation for states, cities, wars, population, trade routes, religions, universities, and cultural centers from antiquity to the present.

Historical violence

Genocide Atlas

Unified genocide map with Armenian, Greek, Assyrian/Seyfo, route, camp, atlasgraphic, document, and review layers.

Heritage continuity

Armenian Cultural Heritage Atlas

Separate cultural memory atlas for Armenian monuments, museums, khachkars, fortresses, condition evidence, and Highland coverage.

Conflict records

Conflict Systems Atlas

Global conflict data transformed into a map interface for actors, years, event types, and intensity.

Humanitarian movement

Displacement Atlas

UNHCR public data organized as origin, asylum, and internally displaced population layers.

Hazards and risk

Disaster Risk Atlas

Earthquakes, volcanoes, NASA events, GDACS alerts, and country risk baselines.

Escalation systems

Iran-US-Israel War 2026

Strict 2026 direct-dyad war map for Government of Iran against Government of Israel and/or Government of United States of America, merged from UCDP Candidate Q1 and 26.0.4.

Pandemic geography

COVID-19 World Map

Government, press, and public institutional data rebuilt as a regional public-health map.

Global war GIS

First World War Operational Atlas

Source-aware First World War GIS with battles, operations, front lines, offensives, source records, and timeline observations for 1914-1918.

Global war GIS

Second World War Operational Atlas

Front lines, offensives, occupation zones, cities, photographs, documents, and archival situation maps organized as a source-aware historical war atlas.

Civil war theater

Syrian Civil War Map

Local operational map for the Syrian Civil War theater, centered on Syria with battlefield and control-layer context rendered as a local GeoJSON layer in the AP atlas style.

Conflict theater

Iraq Conflict Map

Local operational map for Iraq, centered on the Iraqi conflict theater with city, route, and territorial context rendered as a local GeoJSON layer in the AP atlas style.

Civil war theater

Yemen Civil War Map

Local operational map for the Yemen Civil War theater, centered on Yemen with territorial and battlefield context rendered as a local GeoJSON layer in the AP atlas style.

Civil war theater

Libyan Civil War Map

Local operational map for the Libyan Civil War theater, centered on Libya with conflict geography and territorial context rendered as a local GeoJSON layer in the AP atlas style.

Interstate war theater

Russian-Ukrainian War Map

Local operational map for the Russian-Ukrainian War, centered on Ukraine with front-line and theater context rendered as a local GeoJSON layer in the AP atlas style.

Regional conflict system

Sahel Conflict Map

Local operational map for the Sahel conflict system, centered on the central Sahel with regional conflict geography rendered as a local GeoJSON layer in the AP atlas style.

Urban war theater

Gaza War Map

Local operational map for the Gaza war theater, centered on Gaza and southern Israel with battlefield and territorial context rendered as a local GeoJSON layer in the AP atlas style.

Mobility systems

World Transport Atlas

World-scale transport map with 83,997 road, rail, airport, seaport, and strategic corridor records rendered as local AP-styled layers.

Memory / Digital Cartography

Interactive map of the Greek Genocide in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey

The work uses mapping as a way to organize massacres, displacement, historical geography, and documentary memory into a navigable structure.

Conflict / Regional Systems

Comparative analysis of peacefulness, terrorism, and ecological threats: Armenia and Azerbaijan

The Armenia/Azerbaijan comparison places peace, terrorism, ecological threat, and state-level risk data into one analytical frame.

Conflict / Theory

Principles and hypotheses of multifactorial conflict dynamics

The work treats conflict as a system of variables and feedback loops rather than as a single-cause event.

Geopolitics / Strategy

Challenges of American military strategy during the second Trump term

The analysis reads American strategy through alliance architecture, military presence, and the reconfiguration of global pressure.

Reconstructed map works

Visible examples from the public profile.

2020

Covid-19 World Map

A public-data map combining geographic spread, statistics, and news flow into one visual interface.

affected areasstatisticsnewsworld map

Academia.edu card: 'See the map, stats, and news for areas affected by COVID-19.'

2023

Greek Genocide in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey

A historical memory map where geography is used to organize violence, communities, and documentary attention.

Ottoman spaceGreek communitiesviolencememory

Academia.edu card: interactive map of the Greek Genocide in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey.

2026

Iran-US-Israel War 2026

A focused escalation map for Iran, U.S., and Israel-linked events, with actor filters, hotspot aggregation, and confidence controls.

IranIsraelUnited Stateswar eventshotspotsconfidence

Own reconstructed map work based on strict UCDP Candidate Q1 and 26.0.4 direct-dyad rows.

2026

American Civil War Atlas

Union and Confederate battlefield geography with source-linked battle records, campaign context, capitals, ports, and strategic places.

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AP source-aware war atlas: 652 public research records.

2026

Napoleonic Wars Atlas

Coalition warfare, Napoleonic campaigns, battles, sieges, capitals, and operational geography from 1792 to 1815.

1792-1815coalitionscampaignssiegescapitalsbattlefields

AP source-aware war atlas: 786 public research records.

2026

Mongol Conquests Atlas

Eurasian campaign geography with battles, sieges, strategic cities, conquest corridors, and review-grade approximate coordinates.

1206-1368Eurasiasiegesrouteskhanatescities

AP curated/source-aware war atlas: 47 public research records.

Open Genocide Atlas Open Armenian Cultural Heritage Atlas Open Conflict Systems Atlas Open Global Displacement Atlas Open Global Disaster Risk Atlas Open Route Optimization Globe Open COVID-19 world map Open COVID-19 dashboard Open Iran-US-Israel War 2026 Open World War II Atlas Open Mongol Conquests Atlas Open Napoleonic Wars Atlas Open American Civil War Atlas