GlobMaps Proprietary API

Outbreak Radar
Disease Risk, Forecasted.

A single API call returns a composite outbreak risk score (0–100) for any coordinate on Earth — aggregating WHO, CDC, mobility, and climate data into one 21-day forecast.

Why Outbreak Radar?

Manual disease monitoring is slow and fragmented. One API. One score. 21 days ahead.

Global Pathogen Watch
WHO, CDC, and ECDC feeds aggregated into one unified risk score — no manual monitoring required.
21-Day Forecast
LSTM time-series model trained on historical outbreak patterns, updated every 15 minutes.
Mobility-Weighted Spread
Anonymous mobility data incorporated to estimate real-world transmission pathways across populations.
WHO-Aligned Alert Levels
Severity classification aligned with WHO alert colour system for direct operational use.
Proprietary Model

How Our Scoring Works

5 global data sources → GlobMaps processing → Composite outbreak risk score 0–100

#Input DatasetSourceUpdateGlobMaps ProcessingComponentWeightOutput Field
1Disease alert feeds🏥 WHO EIOSReal-timeNLP classification → disease type + severity scoreAlert Severity30%
alert_severity
2Surveillance case reports📊 CDC FluView / ECDCWeeklyEpidemic curve fitting + growth rate estimationCase Trend25%
case_trend
3Human mobility patterns📍 Anonymised mobility dataDailyMobility-weighted transmission risk per cellTransmission Risk25%
transmission_risk
4Temperature & humidity anomaly🌡 ERA5 — ECMWFDailyClimate suitability index for vector-borne diseaseClimate Suitability15%
climate_suitability
5Population density grid👥 WorldPop — UNAnnualExposure scaling by local population densityPopulation Exposure5%
population_exposure
Composite weighted sumAll sources aboveClamp to 0–100 → assign categoryFinal Score100%outbreak_risk_score

Output Object

Every API response contains these fields.

outbreak_risk_scoreinteger
68
Composite outbreak risk 0–100
risk_categorystring
"High"
Low / Medium / High / Critical
disease_typestring
"dengue"
Primary disease of concern
confidencefloat
0.79
Model confidence 0–1
forecast_21darray
[60,63,66,68,71,74,72...]
Daily risk scores for 21 days ahead
case_estimateinteger
1240
Estimated active cases in radius
transmission_riskfloat
0.62
Mobility-weighted spread probability
climate_suitabilityfloat
0.81
Climate fitness for pathogen spread
alert_severitystring
"orange"
WHO-aligned alert level
active_alertsarray
[{disease:"dengue",level:"orange"}]
Current active outbreak alerts
population_exposureinteger
890000
Population at risk in area
data_sourcesarray
["WHO","CDC","ERA5","WorldPop"]
Sources used in this computation

Risk Categories

outbreak_risk_score mapped to WHO-aligned severity levels.

0–29
Low
No active outbreak detected.
30–59
Medium
Emerging signals — monitor closely.
60–79
High
Active outbreak. Prepare response.
80–100
Critical
Rapid spread. Immediate action required.

Use Cases

Who uses Outbreak Radar API.

🏛️Ministry of Health
Dengue and influenza surveillance across provinces with automated 21-day forecast alerts.
🏥Hospital Networks
Surge capacity planning driven by outbreak risk scores and case volume forecasts.
💉Pharma & Vaccine Orgs
Identify high-risk geographies for vaccine distribution prioritisation and clinical trial site selection.
📋Insurance Underwriting
Quantify endemic disease risk for group health and travel insurance pricing.

Quick Start

One request. Outbreak intelligence. 21-day forecast included.

GET /v1/outbreak-radar
curl -X GET \
  "https://api.globmaps.com/v1/outbreak-radar?lat=13.7563&lon=100.5018&radius=100" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

# Response
{
  "outbreak_risk_score": 68,
  "risk_category": "High",
  "disease_type": "dengue",
  "confidence": 0.79,
  "forecast_21d": [60, 63, 66, 68, 71, 74, 72, 69, 67, 65, 63, 61, 59, 57, 55, 53, 51, 50, 49, 48, 47],
  "case_estimate": 1240,
  "transmission_risk": 0.62,
  "climate_suitability": 0.81,
  "alert_severity": "orange",
  "active_alerts": [{ "disease": "dengue", "level": "orange" }],
  "population_exposure": 890000,
  "data_sources": ["WHO", "CDC", "ERA5", "WorldPop"]
}

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