Temporal Earth

Data-driven animations of Australian history, archaeology and collections.
Created by @mattcoller. Explore at:

[Temporal Earth @TemporalEarth]

About to begin the final assault on the Western Front, November 1918. Maps from the British Official History 1948.

[Matthew Coller @mattcoller]

@coombeidau Thanks for the tip David! Ideally, @MapWarper might develop a contributory interface similar to that of Wikipedia, where it’s easy to roll-back a novice user’s mistaken efforts, and even lock a page if it happens repeatedly.

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If historical opening- and closing-date attributes could be added to each section of railway line on @openrailwaymap, we could animate the construction of railways around the world from the 19th Century to today. Try https://t.co/G2G7upIpBs to see how this looks for Australia.

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The OpenLayers Editor by @geops is a really nifty piece of interactive design. I don't normally like tool-based interfaces, but the mouse-over effects make up for that. Try it out and let me know what you think! https://t.co/9XGAhojK1a

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@stevage1 I stand corrected - no sure where I got my earlier misapprehension from... :)

[Kassi Grace @kassi_grace]

@mattcoller I think I found what you were referring to yesterday

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Thanks @newCardigan for the opportunity to present @TemporalEarth at tonight’s #cardiParty !
Great to get some feedback from across the #GLAMR sector.

[lisa dempster @lisadempster]

Talking @CreativeCommons, the importance of open source data and the amazing ways it can be used. Fun Friday at @newcardigan #CardiParty!

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Ancient Australia in your hand!
These 'lenticular' cards contrast the Greater Australian continent #Sahul 20,000 years ago (ice-sheets and drier climate included) with how the region looks today.
Hoping someday to do a big print-run for schools and museums.

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Three hours scouring the @Library_Vic microfilms, to fill one more gap in my dataset of the world’s first feature film touring Australia and the world.
Visualisation coming soon!

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@coombeidau @watercolour_tww Thanks David - perfect timing!

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@coombeidau Thanks David. Interesting to see an example of how researchers are using Trove lists.

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@dcshifty To see the AustArch dates animated on the upcoming successor of SahulTime, watch the last 3 minutes of: https://t.co/57FgUZdxan

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@Cosmic_Calendar @philhenley "Good Lord! Is that the time?!", cried the giant sea-scorpion, "I'm afraid I must disappear!"

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Just traded some user-interface feedback with the guys from @proquoAU on our respective systems. I guess that shows they walk their talk!

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Temporal Earth now has a meetup group! Inaugural meetup happening now as part of Open Knowledge Melbourne @okfnau http://t.co/1wcvyEdXrO

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Well, it's been a long time between tweets, but Temporal Earth is rebooting. Presenting on Sunday, as an application for a future TED talk.