Data by Design: Automating the Chapter Timeline

Source: Georgia Tech Digital Humanities Lab
URL: Data by Design: Automating the Chapter Timeline
Each chapter of Data by Design has a chapter timeline, which places images and visualizations on a vertical minimap, allowing the user to get a sense of the chapter and their progress within it at a glance. Additionally, all user highlights will be visualized on the timeline as they’re made. The map will allow the user to click objects within it and be taken to the corresponding spot in the chapter. Embracing the notion of a “meta-visualization,” each chapter’s timeline is styled after the main visualization in that chapter. The Peabody timeline at time of writing   Initially, the chapter timeline…
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