Looks like since I generate the JSON files out the database, I will have to customize the JSON files for each visualization scheme (time versus geographical points).
I will try out the JSON for Timeplot later. Unfortunately, although I work in public health informatics this is not my main job. Thanks, Herman On 11/5/07, Ryan Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Herman Tolentino wrote: > > Yes, it works! Just beginning to understand the nuances of running > > Javascript programs. Thanks! > > > > You guys have done a splendid job with Exhibit. Here is the site I > > have been working on: http://www.epispider.net. The front page has not > > been Exhibitized yet - still converting the data sources to JSON and > > figuring out the level of "flatness" the trees should have. I am > > giving a talk next week about this work in a panel at the American > > Medical Informatics Association Annual Meeting in Chicago (and in > > essence also showcasing what Exhibit does to the health informatics > > community). I wish Timeplot could use the same JSON files. Emerging > > infectious disease outbreaks are best shown in context of other events > > like disasters, wars, famine, drought, flooding, weather disturbances > > to visually establish the sequential and spatial relationships of > > events. > > Interesting. While we ourselves haven't hooked up Timeplot to Exhibit > yet, there's no reason it can't load data out of JSON. For instance, > there's an issue and (unused, so far) patch in our tracker from someone > whose requirements made JSON a better option for loading data: > > http://simile.mit.edu/issues/browse/TIMEPLOT-7 > > Of course, you may find what you need to do in addition is to walk > through the database to generate per-date counts, as opposed to using > the individual resources/datapoints Exhibit normally works with. > > -- > Ryan Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MIT CSAIL Research Staff http://simile.mit.edu/ > http://people.csail.mit.edu/ryanlee/ > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
