Timelines, temporal resolution, temporal zoom and time geography
M.J. Kraak · University of Twente Research Information · 2005
The timeline is introduced as main interaction device, and as the binding element to explore the different 'levels ' of time related to spatio-temporal data. The timeline is always linked to the map and potentially other graphics. The objective is to improve access and provide exploratory functions to get a better understanding of the temporal patterns in the data. The different timeline-function such as temporal zoom and the linking different types of time together are discussed. The cultural heritage world is taken as a sample environment to demonstrate the useful possibilities of the timeline. Here the space-time-cube is introduced as a medium to present and explore search results. Finally some other applications are discussed.