Plot-It allows users to view information in relation with its geographical and temporal location. Users can manipulate the timeline for a better view of the data points.
General Information
The timeline lets users to view multiple events in time.
Navigation
The timeline is divided into two sections. The upper section, the actual real estate of the timeline, is divided into years. The lower section, the main navigation instrument, is divided into decades. (See image below).
The navigational instrument of the timeline has a lighter column of space located in the
middle of the section. This lighter area represents the area shown in the upper timeline
section.
When you open the timeline, it displays the most recent entries (2015). Users can navigate the timeline to different years/decades in multiple ways. With their mouse or trackpad, users can manipulate the timeline by clicking on one of the sections and moving it left or right. Moving either section will move the entire timeline. Additionally, users can also scroll through the timeline by hovering their mouse or trackpad over the timeline section they want to manipulate and moving their finger from left to right or up to down (or vice versa).
When using the bottom section of the timeline, you will notice that there are small blue
reference points on that timeline. These represent the different data points found in the
timeline. A blue line in this section represents an event that covers a span of time. For
example, currently the longest blue line represents them span of time that the “Rossetti
Archive was Launched” (from 1993 to the early 2000s).
