jameslove wrote:
> Hi David,
> Yes, I noticed the categorization. The next step will be to add that
> in, but I needed to get the core stuff in order to meet the
> deliverables.
>
> It would be cool to also link the place names to a google map which
> could then auto-pan to the place indicated. Or better, add and remove
> places mentioned in the timeline as it pans. I know more about the
> Google Map API than the timeline API.
>
You can find exactly this functionality in the following exhibit example:
http://simile.mit.edu/exhibit/examples/presidents/presidents-2.html
> One small thing I noticed with my bulky timeline is that the date
> indicators are along the bottom. It would be nice to be able to turn
> them on for the bottom and/or top. Or ideally if the timeline was
> quite bulky, to have them appear in the middle at specified intervals
> along the date separation lines.
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
>
> On Dec 24, 10:51 am, David Karger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Good luck.
>> By the way, I noticed that you have color coded your timeline entries,
>> presumably according to some categorization.
>> If you used exhibit (http://simile.mit.edu/exhibit) to wrap your
>> timeline, you would be able to offer users the ability to filter on
>> which categories they actually wanted to pay attention to. And possibly
>> add other facets, like people involved or geographic area. You can see
>> an example of that
>> here:https://fc.gannacademy.org/gannopedia/jhistory/jhexhibit.html
>>
>> jameslove wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Larry, I think David did this for me in good Christmas spirit!
>>> It was the Oregon Treaty entry. I'll rework it and see if I can make
>>> it appear.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the tips on the presentation. I need to just turn it on
>>> live and let people know by email that its working and then they log
>>> on and check it out. The perils of distributed projects with Christmas
>>> deadlines. Now that it is working, people will be impressed with the
>>> API timeline! Thanks.
>>>
>>> Email me at [email protected] and I'll send you a copy of the
>>> offending XML with the entry.
>>>
>>> One small thing I noticed was at 1807 "Emmigration into the Flathead".
>>> It displays following the duration bar and overlaps into the next
>>> entry. I've tried to reduce the text to "Flathead" in thinking that it
>>> was an issue of my reducing the text in the timeline div and the API
>>> thinking that the text was longer. That did not work. It's a small
>>> visual error, that I was going to ask about later.
>>>
>>> Thanks for everyone's help and thanks for working on this API. It's
>>> visually well done and the synchronizing of the bands is very cool.
>>> Our Metis Timeline will be very educational for the sub-culture that
>>> we research (mixed aboriginal/european sub-culture) in mostly Canada,
>>> Northwestern USA.
>>>
>>> Merry Christmas from Canada!
>>>
>>> On Dec 24, 10:19 am, Larry Kluger <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi James,
>>>>
>>>> I believe that the problem is in your xml file: one (or more) of the
>>>> events after 1831 is a problem.
>>>>
>>>> Suggested fix:
>>>> Change your xml file.
>>>> First delete all events after 1831. Run your html file and everything
>>>> (hopefully) will work perfectly.
>>>>
>>>> Then start adding back in the events. Add them gack half (of the
>>>> remainder) at a time: add half of the events that are after 1831. If
>>>> everything still works then you know the problem is in the last part of
>>>> the xml file (the last 25% or so of the file). If the file stops working,
>>>> then you know that the problem is somewhere in the set of events that you
>>>> had just added back in.
>>>>
>>>> Use the technique to narrow down to the one or more events that are
>>>> causing the problem.
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to know what the actual event is that is causing the problem: I
>>>> may be able to make the Timeline more forgiving of the problem in the
>>>> future.
>>>> (Just having it crash is a bit boring.)
>>>>
>>>> In the worst, case: some tips about the demo:
>>>> 1) YOU should control the computer
>>>> 2) Just demo the parts of the Timeline that already work. It is already
>>>> quite impressive compared to nothing. Tell people that it is still in
>>>> beta, that it isn;t ready yet for wider use.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck!
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Larry
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: jameslove <[email protected]>
>>>> To: SIMILE Widgets <[email protected]>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 12:48:30 PM
>>>> Subject: Presenting today Need Quick Help: console' is undefined error
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> We've just got our British Columbia Metis (canadian aboriginal group)
>>>> timeline completed with lots of data. I've got to show it today. Any
>>>> thoughts on why suddenly getting this error in the API? I've turned
>>>> on only one band, since I thought that might be the issue.
>>>>
>>>> What happens is that when you slide the band towards the 1820's
>>>> suddenly you get the error and the data disappears. If you slide the
>>>> band slower, it occurs further into the 1820's or 30's. If you close
>>>> the error, the data suddenly reappears somewhere in the 1870's and you
>>>> can slowly pan back until in the offending time period, the error
>>>> occurs again.
>>>>
>>>> Line: 3794
>>>> Error: 'console' is undefined
>>>>
>>>> http://www.bcmetis.ca/metis_timeline.php
>>>>
>>>> http://www.bcmetis.ca/metis_timeline.xml
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> James Love
>>>> Associate Researcher
>>>> University of British Columbia - OK campus
>>>>
> >
>
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