Spatial Agents for Mac

What is Spatial Agents?

Spatial Agents is two apps in one. The Live Traffic map shows live ships and aircraft, weather alerts, and temporary flight restrictions across regions worldwide. The Intelligence side uses Apple Intelligence on your Mac to turn any topic into a structured briefing with timeline, metrics, actors, and forecasts.

What is Live Traffic?

The Animations tab shows live vessels (AIS) and aircraft (ADS-B) on an interactive map, layered with NWS weather alerts and FAA temporary flight restrictions. Vessel and aircraft positions update on a steady cadence (vessels every 20 seconds, aircraft every 25 seconds). Click any entity to see identification details and recent track.

How do I change the Live Traffic region?

In the Animations tab, click the region pill at the top of the map and choose another region. Your selection drives which vessels and aircraft you see. The map automatically flies to the new region.

Why does the app require Apple Intelligence for the dashboards?

Spatial Agents uses Apple's on-device foundation model (via the FoundationModels framework) to analyze articles, generate dashboard summaries, extract key actors, build timelines, and create forecasts. The Apple Intelligence-driven features (Dashboard, Progressive Refinement, Deep Analysis) require a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 26 with Apple Intelligence enabled. The Live Traffic map and event feeds work on any supported Mac.

How do I enable Apple Intelligence on Mac?

Open System Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri and enable Apple Intelligence. The on-device model may need to download before first use. Spatial Agents will show a status message if the model is still being prepared.

What data sources does the app use?

Spatial Agents pulls live ship and aircraft data, weather alerts, and temporary flight restrictions from a backend server we operate. Public event feeds (USGS earthquakes, NASA EONET natural events, NWS weather alerts, GDELT global events, and more) are fetched directly from their respective public APIs. You can enable or disable individual event sources in the app's Settings.

How do I generate a dashboard?

In the Agents sidebar, enter a topic (or choose a suggested topic) and click Generate Dashboard. Apple Intelligence will analyze relevant articles entirely on your Mac and produce a structured briefing with status, timeline, metrics, actor networks, and forecasts.

Dashboard vs. Progressive vs. Deep Analysis

Spatial Agents offers three levels of intelligence products, each progressively deeper:

Dashboard generates a single-pass briefing from news sources. It produces a 6-section report (status, timeline, metrics, actors, forecasts, reasoning) in one AI generation pass.

Progressive Refinement uses a two-pass approach: a quick headlines sweep followed by panel-by-panel deep refinement with focused prompts. This takes longer than a Dashboard because the AI makes multiple passes over the material, sharpening each section individually.

Deep Analysis is the most thorough option. It decomposes your topic into a hierarchical tree of sub-topics, researches each leaf independently, then integrates findings upward. This involves many AI calls and takes the longest. On machines with early Apple Intelligence support (such as base M1 Macs), please be patient — each AI call runs on-device and processing times will be longer than on newer Apple Silicon.

What does 2L, 3L, 4L mean in Deep Analysis?

When starting a Deep Analysis, you choose a depth level:

2L (2 Levels) — Your topic is split into a few major sub-topics, each analyzed individually. This is the fastest option and works well for focused questions.

3L (3 Levels) — Sub-topics are further decomposed into more granular themes. This provides broader coverage and more detailed findings. Good balance of depth and speed.

4L (4 Levels) — The deepest decomposition. Each branch is split three times, producing many leaf nodes that are each researched independently. This gives the most comprehensive analysis but takes significantly longer, especially on earlier Apple Silicon hardware.

How do I explore a Deep Analysis tree?

After a Deep Analysis completes, you can navigate the results interactively:

The root tile at the top shows the overall conclusion and key finding for your topic. Below it are the Level 1 branches — click any branch to see its sub-topics and findings.

Each tile shows a colored status dot (green = complete, orange = in progress, red = error). Tiles with articles show the number of source references used.

The Reasoning section at the bottom provides four cards you can tab through: Sources (how many references were used), Decomposition (how the topic was split), Confidence (evidence strength), and Conclusion (the AI's integrated finding).

Walk through the tree from root to leaves to understand how the AI broke down a complex topic and what evidence it found at each level.

Which Macs are supported?

Spatial Agents requires macOS 26 or later. The Live Traffic map and event feeds work on any supported Mac. The Apple Intelligence-driven features (Dashboard, Progressive Refinement, Deep Analysis) require a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or later) and Apple Intelligence enabled.

Does the app send my data to a server?

The app contacts a backend server we operate to fetch live ship, aircraft, weather alert, and temporary flight restriction data. The only data sent is the region you selected, your app version, and your device language code — no personal information, topics, or dashboard content is transmitted. All AI analysis (Dashboard, Progressive, Deep Analysis) runs entirely on your Mac. Server logs may include your IP address for the standard purposes of rate limiting and debugging. Full details are in the Privacy Policy.

How do I manage saved dashboards?

Go to the Agents section and select History. You can view, reopen, or delete any previously saved dashboard, progressive refinement, or deep analysis from there.

Is the app available on iPhone and Apple Vision Pro?

Spatial Agents is available on iPhone and Mac today. An immersive Apple Vision Pro experience is on the way.