In October 2024, the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) published an in-depth article introducing the OSMP and explaining how the tool can aid journalists and researchers investigating civilian harm and munitions use. It highlighted many benefits to using the OSMP, including its large database of imagery and its explainers and other resources which aid in developing an understanding of munitions use in conflict zones.
GIJN interviewed a number of journalists who used the portal to aid their investigative reports, including Danwatch reporter Charlotte Aagaard—who said the OSMP provided her with key evidence of Israel’s use of Danish-equipped F-35 fighter aircraft in Gaza.
Co-founder of the OSMP, Joe Dyke, was also interviewed for the piece and explained how the idea behind the project was to increase accessibility of information about munitions for journalists and others—democratising a previously inaccessible and technically complicated area of open-source research.
