GeoTime explained
GeoTime is geospatial analysis software that allows the visual analysis of events over time. It adds time as the third dimension to a two-dimensional map (which can include 3D projection of terrain elevation geodata or any abstract diagrammatic space), allowing users to see changes within time series data. Users can view real-time animated playback of data and use automated analysis tools within the software to identify location patterns, connections between events, and trends.[4]
GeoTime can import data in many formats, such as GPX, Shapefile, KML, Microsoft Excel, CSV, geotagged photos, and from live data sources via GeoRSS and RSS web feeds and WMS servers. It supports most telecommunication carrier reporting formats (CDR), including tower/sector information. These features allow users to aggregate data from satellites, mobile phones, social networking web sites, web server logs and many other sources. GeoTime can export data to other GIS software such as Google Earth and ESRI ArcGIS via KML format, and to other applications via CSV, as well as capture video of data animations.[5] An ArcGIS extension is available that allows GeoTime to work alongside the popular ArcGIS geographic information system with bi-directional data sharing between the two programs.[6] [7]
GeoTime was a winner of the IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) conference contest for three years in a row.
Customers
GeoTime has been used by professionals in public safety (including metropolitan police and emergency management), telecommunications, academic research, healthcare and human services, and the U.S. military.[8] It has been used to analyze data from sources as diverse as downhill skiing,[9] influenza monitoring,[10] and GPS wildlife tracking.[11] A list of customers is available on the GeoTime web site.[12]
Controversy
Lawyers and privacy campaigners have questioned whether innocent individuals may be tracked by the software, which has been likened to a computer programme in the science fiction film Minority Report.[13]
See also
Further reading
- Eccles . Ryan . Kapler . Thomas . Harper . Robert . Wright . William . Stories in GeoTime . Spring 2008 . . 7 . 1 . 3–17 . 10.1057/palgrave.ivs.9500173 . 195347846 .
- Esri . Esri . Winter 2012 . Hardworking crime maps: sophisticated cell tower analysis helps Los Angeles law enforcement pinpoint criminals . ArcNews . 34 . 4 . 32–33 .
- Kapler . Thomas . Wright . William . June 2005 . GeoTime information visualization . . 4 . 2 . 136–146 . 10.1057/palgrave.ivs.9500097 . 41835439 .
- Book: Neuhaus, Fabian . Fabian . Neuhaus . 2011 . Studies in temporal urbanism: the urbanTick experiment . Dordrecht; New York . . 9789400709362 . 747105206 . 10.1007/978-94-007-0937-9 .
- Nunez . Toni . November 2013 . Tracking criminals with cell tower analysis . Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research . 15 . 3 . 249–250 .
- Book: Proulx . Pascale . Tandon . Sumeet . Bodnar . Adam . Schroh . David . Harper . Robert . Wright . William . 2006 . Avian flu case study with nSpace and GeoTime . Wong . Pak Chung . Keim . Daniel A . VAST, IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology, 2006: proceedings, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, October 31–November 2, 2006 . 27–34 . Piscataway, NJ . . 1424405912 . 85811533 . 10.1109/VAST.2006.261427 . 17386780 .
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Oculus GeoTime™ Enables Visualization for Concurrent Spatial and Temporal Analysis . Oculus Info Inc. . 18 May 2005 . 29 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001639/http://www.geotime.com/News-Events/News/Oculus-GeoTime%E2%84%A2-Enables-Visualization-for-Concurre.aspx . 4 March 2016 .
- Web site: GeoTime® Blog | GeoTime® by Uncharted™ . geotime.com . 2021-04-09.
- Web site: System Requirements for GeoTime® | GeoTime® by Uncharted™ . geotime.com . 2021-04-09.
- Web site: GeoTime Overview - Oculus . Oculus Info Inc. . 29 May 2013 . 21 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140921052248/http://www.oculusinfo.com/geotime/ . dead .
- Web site: GeoTime: Features . Oculus Info Inc. . 29 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130511031801/http://www.geotime.com/Product/GeoTime-(1)/Features---Benefits/Features---Benefits-(1).aspx . 11 May 2013 .
- Web site: GeoTime for ArcGIS . Oculus Info Inc. . 29 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130601114817/http://www.geotime.com/Product/GeoTime-(1)/GeoTime-for-ArcGIS.aspx . 1 June 2013 .
- Web site: GeoTime ArcGIS Compatibility . Oculus Info Inc. . 29 May 2013 .
- Web site: GeoTime: Industries . Oculus Info Inc. . 29 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110825055956/http://www.geotime.com/Industries.aspx . 25 August 2011 .
- Web site: Analysis of GPS data from a downhill skier - new feature sneak peek . Oculus Info Inc. . 30 January 2012 . 29 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130527192135/http://geotime.com/GeoTime%28s%29/January-2012/Analysis-of-GPS-Data-From-A-Downhill-Skier---New-F.aspx . 27 May 2013 .
- Web site: Demos: Tracking the H1N1 (Swine Flu) Pandemic . Oculus Info Inc. . 29 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121113022417/http://www.geotime.com/Product/GeoTime-(1)/Demos-(1)/Demos-(1).aspx . 13 November 2012 .
- Web site: US Geological Survey - wildlife tracking analysis webinar . Oculus Info Inc. . 5 April 2012 . 29 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130527192856/http://geotime.com/GeoTime(s)/April-2012/US-Geological-Survey---Wildlife-Tracking-Analysis-.aspx . 27 May 2013 .
- Web site: GeoTime: Customers . Oculus Info Inc. . 29 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130530160747/http://www.geotime.com/Product/GeoTime-(1)/Customers---Case-Studies.aspx . 30 May 2013 .
- News: Campaigners angry at new British police tracking system . 12 May 2011 . Wikinews . 29 May 2013 .
