[ddj] [ANN] TimeMapper - Create Elegant TimeMaps from Google Spreadsheets in seconds

Rufus Pollock rufus.pollock at okfn.org
Mon Oct 14 07:34:28 UTC 2013


Hi All,


TimeMapper <http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/> is a new web app from Open
Knowledge Foundation Labs <http://okfnlabs.org/> that lets you create
interactive timemaps from Google spreadsheets quickly and easily.


http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org


More information in this post:
http://okfnlabs.org/blog/2013/10/11/timemapper.html

Examples:


   - Major Battles in the Napoleonic
Wars<http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/rufuspollock/major-battles-napoleonic-wars>
   - Medieval Philosophers<http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/okfn/medieval-philosophers>
   - US City Bankruptcies since the Financial
Crisis<http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/rufuspollock/us-city-bankruptcies>
   - Archaeology of
Wine<http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/adamrabinowitz/archaeowinetimeliner>

The site is a simple node.js app with storage into s3. The timemap viz is
pure JS built using KnightLabs excellent Timeline.js for the timeline and
Leaflet (with OSM) for the maps. For those interested in the code it can be
found here: https://github.com/okfn/timemapper/

Regards,

 Rufus*

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