>Returning to the topic at hand. I question if animation is necessary to convey >temporal dimensions in a data set. >Temporal data can be presented as a >series of small multiples, a la Tufte:
Aggregating temporal variation into a static display involves a kind of abstraction missing from animation, and that abstraction often allows perception of temporal structure which would not be apparent from passing moments. The Minard illustration of the Napoleon's Russian campaign cited by Tufte ( http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/posters ) is a famous example. The same point applies to any simple graph of a quantity over time with time displayed on one axis. But often the quantity of data is excessive or the means for abstraction are not available (this applies for the most part to ordinary life as lived!). Here's an example that I worked on a few years ago where a slider drives a variety of different kinds of information display, which individually might be subject to temporal abstraction of some kind, but not collectively. http://www.lewisandclarknw.com/map/flashindex.html (Please forgive mentioning my own work). -- Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: sophia parafina To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [Geowanking] Cool Temporal Animations Returning to the topic at hand. I question if animation is necessary to convey temporal dimensions in a data set. Temporal data can be presented as a series of small multiples, a la Tufte: http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2005/12/images/1severe-storm-animation.gif Alternatively, something as simple as making use of a browser's scroll bar can also convey temporal changes: http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:48 AM, P Kishor <[email protected]> wrote: On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:34 AM, sophia parafina <[email protected]> wrote: > may I suggest chrononanism as a more mellifluous term? What brilliance and mellifluent. Chrononanism, goes hand over fist with temporiapism. Ahh... the ailments that we men suffer at the alter of geospatiotemporal. > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Joshua Lieberman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Time animations can be fun, but never seem to me as useful in the end as >> ways of including time as a dimension, the slider, the timeline, or the >> timesection (time along one axis, an aggregate spatial dimension such as a >> path or list of places along the other.). >> >> Hmm... chronobopping? >> >> --Josh >> > > -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org/ Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) http://www.osgeo.org/ Sent from: Madison Wisconsin United States. _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
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