I have to say that my impression is that Simile/Timeline/Exhibit is rather
end-of-life, unless anyone knows otherwise?
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On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Joseph Padfield <
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> Hi,
>
> Also if you are able to look at using a Simile<http://www.simile-widgets.org/>based
> Timeline <http://www.simile-widgets.org/timeline/> you may also want to
> look at their Exhibit <http://www.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/> widget
> which allows for a greater range of interaction options.
>
> Joe
>
>
> On 16/04/13 09:12, James Morley wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I'd first ask two questions before I can give a more detailed answer (and
> in the process make the important division between the source data and the
> presentation):
>
> - what information do you have and how do you have it stored? From your
> initial post it sounds like it may be new content and so you could place it
> anywhere, but if you do have it already stored somewhere that could be
> worth exploring rather than having to rework it. As a side question, who
> will be contributing content and will it be a finite dataset or ongoing?
>
> - what is the ultimate goal in terms of presentation? Is it a slick feature
> on a public website, with implied enhanced interaction?
>
> Here are two examples to stimulate thoughts:
>
> Simile based timeline dynamically pulling in large dataset of Flickr
> Commons images using API (rather old I'm afraid, and definitely with a
> focus on quantity over quality!) -http://www.whatsthatpicture.com/vintage-photos/flickr-commons/interactive-timeline
>
> Historypin timeline based on a smaller dataset with a focus on really nice
> design and UI -http://www.historypin.com/project/16602005-remember-timeline/
>
> James
>
>
>
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> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Linda Armitage <[log in to unmask]
>
> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
> Where is a good place to start exploring examples of great visual
> timelines? We have used so far a Google spreadsheet adapted via Brian
> Croxall's tutorial:http://briancroxall.net/TimelineTutorial/TimelineTutorial.html - for an
> internal application only. A new colleague (Gemma) suggests you MCGers
> would be the ideal people to ask. Any contributions therefore gratefully
> received.
> TIA, Linda
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