Mapping the Fourth Dimension: the TimeMap Project
Ian Johnson · 1999
This paper outlines the need for an explicit methodology for recording and managing spatio-temporal data in archaeology and related disciplines. It describes the essential components of a methodology being developed by the University of Sydney TimeMap™ project, viz: a model for recording spatio-temporal data; provision for recording fuzziness in spatial and temporal limits; temporal interpolation between known information; display and animation of data through a time-enabled GIS interface; and a metadata standard allowing access to remote datasets across the Internet without restructuring. Examples of the user interface and animation products are included.