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| Developer(s) | Digital Innovation Unit (DIU)[1] at The University of Sydney |
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| Available in | English |
| Type | Geographic Information System (GIS), Historical Geographic Information System (Historical GIS), Interactive Maps and Animated Mapping |
| Website | TimeMap |
TimeMap TMJava is an [Open Source] a web mapping applications to introduce time filtering and map animation. TMJava is a comprehensive Java mapping applet which can run as a standalone application with local data, on a web site or as a two tier application with a backend server and independant metadata clearinghouse, supporting distributed data sources.
TimeMap developed out of work on mapping historical and archaeological data, starting with animated maps in 1995, a Windows mapping tool in 1997, and TMJava from 2001. Funding came from numerous sources but in particular from the Australian Research Council (Sydney TimeMap project, 2000 - 2002) and from the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (from 1998 to around 2005). TimeMap is available as Open Source on SourceForge.[1]
TimeMap's Windows tool, TMWin, is a metadata development and map building tool which will publish interactive maps to a web site using data referenced in the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative's metadata clearinghouse.
Capabilities
TMJava can be used to develop interactive maps for web sites, for intranet enquiry systems, for museum and visitor kiosks, and for standalone CD-ROM products. In addition to static datasets, TMJava can connect with databases which are being actively updated or with live data feeds.
TMJava has very strong legend and layer management capabilities, easily handling complex maps and large datasets, with incremental loading to deliver increasing levels of detail as one zooms in.[2][3][4][5]
Applications
TimeMap's is used as the core technology to number of applications, including:
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative Clearinghouse Search
TMJava provides map-based spatial searching of the ECAI clearinghouse of cultural datasets and background geographic data. The search includes the Rumsey Map Collection, one of the largest digitised collections of historical maps in the world. Search results can be overlaid and displayed in the TMJava map interface, as well as through WMS and Macromedia Flash (.swf) views.[6]
MacquarieNet Atlas of Indigenous Australia
TMJava drives MacquarieNet's Atlas of Indigenous Australia (free access) and Explore Australia (subscription) interactive maps. Users can display and overlay the many thematic maps of the Atlas.[7][8]
References
- ^ TimeMap on SourceForge.net
- ^ ECAI - TimeMap
- ^ NASA - Data Services - TimeMap
- ^ Johnson, Ian (July/August 2004). "Putting Time on the Map: Using TimeMap™ for Map Animation and Web Delivery". GeoInformatics. 7 (5): 26–29.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Johnson, Ian (2003). "The TimeMap Project: Developing Time-Based GIS Display for Cultural Data" (PDF). Journal of GIS in Archaeology. 1: 123–135. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative Clearinghouse Search
- ^ MacquarieNet Atlas of Indigenous Australia
- ^ TimeMap