Time Traveling: Interfaces for Geotemporal Visualization

Time and Space are just the beginning... Irene Ros Research Developer The Visual Communication Lab @ireneros Center for Social Software, IBM Research iros(at)us.ibm.com #timespaceThursday, March 17, 2011

Why don’t we start... The Egypt Revolution #timespaceThursday, March 17, 2011

The Role of Social Media - NOT the topic of this conversation! “ In Tweets from Tahrir, Twitter posts tell the story of Egypts revolution ” --The Christian Science Monitor “ Facebook and Twitter are just places revolutionaries go ” --The Guardian “ Technologys Role in Government Change ” -- PC MagazineThursday, March 17, 2011 “ Egypts Revolution by Social Media ” -- The Wall Street Journal #timespace

Having said that... What do we do with all that data? #timespaceThursday, March 17, 2011

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Full disclosure: Photographs used to illustrate particular dates were not necessarily taken on said date. #timespaceThursday, March 17, 2011

But do these tell the story of the revolution? #timespaceThursday, March 17, 2011

Maybe the WHOLE revolution is hard.... #timespaceThursday, March 17, 2011

Maybe the WHOLE revolution is hard.... January 25th, 2011 The Day of Revolt #timespaceThursday, March 17, 2011

Maybe the WHOLE revolution is hard.... January 25th, 2011 The Day of Revolt On 25 January 2011, known as the "Day of Revolt" or the "Day of Anger", protests took place in cities across Egypt, including Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and Ismaïlia. The day was selected to coincide with National Police Day. Thousands protested in Cairo, with 45,000 occupying Tahrir Square (Liberation Square), 20,000 in various locations across Alexandria, 200 demonstrators in the southern city of Aswan, 2,000 in the eastern city of Ismaïlia, and about 3,000 in the northern city of El-Mahalla El-Kubra. #timespaceThursday, March 17, 2011

Maybe the WHOLE revolution is hard.... National Police Day Cairo Alexandria Egypt Police Ismaïlia Tahrir Square Suez El-Mahalla El-Kubra January 25th, 2011 The Day of Revolt On 25 January 2011, known as the "Day of Revolt" or the "Day of Anger", protests took place in cities across Egypt, including Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and Ismaïlia. The day was selected to coincide with National Police Day. Thousands protested in Cairo, with 45,000 occupying Tahrir Square (Liberation Square), 20,000 in various locations across Alexandria, 200 demonstrators in the southern city of Aswan, 2,000 in the eastern city of Ismaïlia, and about 3,000 in the northern city of El-Mahalla El-Kubra. #timespaceThursday, March 17, 2011

The Egypt Revolution Has Historical Context now Government Corruption Unemployment The Egypt Revolution Mubarak’s Reign International relations History of Cairo History of Alexandria History of Police Force in Egypt #timespaceThursday, March 17, 2011

The Egypt Revolution Has Egypt’s people have Historical Context their stories now Government Corruption Unemployment The Egypt Revolution Mubarak’s Reign International relations History of Cairo History of Alexandria History of Police Force in Egypt #timespaceThursday, March 17, 2011

History Journalism Great at reﬂection Great at reporting Reﬂective Journalism #timespaceThursday, March 17, 2011

Parting Thoughts... ‣ Ask the hard questions ‣ The illusion of data ‣ Don’t forget the people @ireneros iros(at)us.ibm.com #timespaceThursday, March 17, 2011

Time Traveling: Interfaces for Geotemporal Visualization

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