Israel Alert Map: Real-Time Pikud HaOref Visualization

An Android app for real-time visualization of Pikud HaOref (Home Front Command) alerts on an interactive map. The app displays live alert polygons over Israel with color-coded threat levels and includes a dedicated Jerusalem close-up view.

GitHub repository: danielrosehill/Israel-Alert-Map

Features

• National Map — Live alert polygons over Israel with color-coded legend (red = rockets/missiles, orange = early warning, green = all clear)

• Jerusalem Close-Up — Zoomed view of Jerusalem and surrounding areas

• Latest Alerts — Scrollable feed of recent alerts with Hebrew + English area names

Technical Details

• Polls the Oref API every 15 seconds

• Alerts persist on map for 30 minutes (5 minutes for pre-warnings)

• 1,450 pre-computed area polygons from Pikud HaOref data

• Built with vanilla HTML/CSS/JS, Leaflet 1.9.4 for mapping

• CARTO Voyager tiles (OpenStreetMap)

• Capacitor 8 for Android WebView wrapping

• Requires Israeli network for Oref API access

Building

To build the app, run npm install to install dependencies, then npx cap sync to synchronize the Capacitor project, and finally use ./gradlew assembleDebug in the android directory to produce a debug APK.