TimeMap
Developer(s) | Digital Innovation Unit (DIU)[1] at The University of Sydney |
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Available in | English |
Type | [GIS], [Historical GIS], Interactive maps and [Animated mapping] |
Website | TimeMap |
TimeMap TMJava is a novel mapping applet which generates complete interactive maps with a few simple lines of html. It provides a way of easily enriching web pages with historical or contemporary information that goes far beyond static jpg map images. It's easy for beginners, yet provides completely customisable power and distributed backend database connectivity for the expert. It's free for personal use.
TimeMap's unique time-handling provides an engaging and intuitive method of delivering historical, community, government, research and business information. Combining mapping and the time dimension gives new ways of visualising urban growth, the spread of empires, heritage sites, environmental change, weather patterns, traffic flow, earthquakes, mobile network faults, and much more ― ranging in time scale from millions of years to seconds.
TimeMap's Windows tool, TMWin, allows you to build and publish interactive maps on your web site without any programming skills. You can use your own data or map data from the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative's data clearinghouse.
TimeMap is used by numerous projects, including:
- Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative Clearinghouse Search [1]
Applicability
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. [2]
References
- ^ Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative Clearinghouse Search
- '^ TimeMap'