I am interested in exactly the same scenario as Nathan. I'm working on a project where we've decided that we'd like to do timeline visualization (SIMILE has been the most gorgeous interface we've seen so far) but one of our requirements is to be able to filter events based on attributes.
I'm making this part up to illustrate our use case, but assume we have a database on the back end describing record albums. The database contains the release date, the band, and the retail price. Now we chart all those albums on a timeline based on their release date, but suppose I only want to see albums that retailed for more than $5 but less than $12? Or were by a certain band? I have an inkling that I will be pointed in a direction to build my own filter interface boxes and then requery the database in realtime instead (removing the event source from the band and then pointing to a new one that uses the new query), but I really want to keep the interface consistent with the rest of Simile. Another product we saw which implements this realtime filtering in an elegant way is Timewall (you really *must* see the Java app running at http://www.inxight.com/products/vizserver/tw/). The problem with that product is that the interface is clunky and uuuuuuuugly (as you can see for yourself at the URL above). At 08:49 AM 9/6/2007, you wrote: >First of all, I want to congratulate and thank you all for starting >such a interesting and useful project. I am presenting your work >(and my use of it) to the PhD Colloquium in Digital Media at Georgia >Tech in two weeks as an example of how to do philology in the age of >JSON. My project is an Exhibit-driven website showing the >relationships between works, scholars, and concepts in the >Phenomenological tradition. > >While cobbling my Exhibit together, however, I've run into a couple >of snags, and I was wondering if you could help me out. I may be >missing something, and even if I'm not, I'd love suggestions for >work-arounds, etc. _____________________________________________________ Ed Miller Integrated Computing & Communications Division (ICCD) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) (925)423-4351 _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
