--- [email protected] wrote: Reading this list, there is great interest in the integration of backstage > data with space - that is to say geocoding and mapping applications. > I wonder if anyone has thought of mixing in temporal analysis into this, > or doing some sort of temporal analysis with no spacial stuff at all. > > For example, with traffic reports, imagine a map that accumulated > information over time and then coloured the accident hotspots in > some meaningful way - same for news and locations and even weather!
> > Such a system would, of course, require more state, but I think > it is an area worth considering... > > Matt Hi, This is something I've considered building too. worldKit has some abilities to work with time, as well as space. This map displays the process of urbanization over the last 200 years. http://brainoff.com/worldkit/population/ The requirements are documented at http://brainoff.com/worldkit/doc/time.php Basically, the traffic xml would need to be cached, and simple script would run over these to generate geocoded and timecoded RSS for use in worldKit. Took another similar approach with Google Labs Ridefinder service, built on gmaps. Cached the XML feed for a few days, containing the then current locations of Super Shuttles fleet (these are aiport taxis). Then plotted out the collected locations in an image, created a sort of shadow street map of nyc. http://radio.weblogs.com/0100875/2005/04/06.html#a1156 Best Mikel
