GeoTime
{{Short description|Geospatial analysis software}}
{{Infobox software
|name = GeoTime
|caption =
|developer = Uncharted Software Inc. (formerly Oculus Info Inc.)
|latest release version = 6.2
|latest release date = {{Start date and age|2020|02|25}}{{cite web
| url = https://geotime.com/blog/
| title = GeoTime® Blog | GeoTime® by Uncharted™
| website = geotime.com
| access-date = 2021-04-09
}}
|operating system = Windows 8/8.1 or 10{{cite web
| url = https://geotime.com/support/system-requirements/#desktop
| title = System Requirements for GeoTime® | GeoTime® by Uncharted™
| website = geotime.com
| access-date = 2021-04-09
}}
|platform = x86-64
|genre = Geographic information system
|license = Proprietary commercial software
|website = {{url|https://geotime.com}}
}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.oculusinfo.com/geotime/ |title=GeoTime Overview - Oculus |publisher=Oculus Info Inc. |access-date=29 May 2013 |archive-date=21 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921052248/http://www.oculusinfo.com/geotime/ |url-status=dead }}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.geotime.com/Product/GeoTime-%281%29/Features---Benefits/Features---Benefits-%281%29.aspx |title=GeoTime: Features |publisher=Oculus Info Inc. |access-date=29 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511031801/http://www.geotime.com/Product/GeoTime-(1)/Features---Benefits/Features---Benefits-(1).aspx |archive-date=11 May 2013 }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.geotime.com/Product/GeoTime-%281%29/GeoTime-for-ArcGIS.aspx |title=GeoTime for ArcGIS |publisher=Oculus Info Inc. |access-date=29 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601114817/http://www.geotime.com/Product/GeoTime-(1)/GeoTime-for-ArcGIS.aspx |archive-date=1 June 2013 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.oculusinfo.com/geotime-arcgis-compatibility/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630015056/http://www.oculusinfo.com/geotime-arcgis-compatibility/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 30, 2013 |title=GeoTime ArcGIS Compatibility |publisher=Oculus Info Inc. |access-date=29 May 2013 }}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.geotime.com/Industries.aspx |title=GeoTime: Industries |publisher=Oculus Info Inc. |access-date=29 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825055956/http://www.geotime.com/Industries.aspx |archive-date=25 August 2011 }} It has been used to analyze data from sources as diverse as downhill skiing,{{cite web|url=http://www.geotime.com/GeoTime%28s%29/January-2012/Analysis-of-GPS-Data-From-A-Downhill-Skier---New-F.aspx |title=Analysis of GPS data from a downhill skier - new feature sneak peek |publisher=Oculus Info Inc. |date=30 January 2012 |access-date=29 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=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 |archive-date=27 May 2013 }} influenza monitoring,{{cite web |url=http://www.geotime.com/Product/GeoTime-%281%29/Demos-%281%29/Demos-%281%29.aspx |title=Demos: Tracking the H1N1 (Swine Flu) Pandemic |publisher=Oculus Info Inc. |access-date=29 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113022417/http://www.geotime.com/Product/GeoTime-(1)/Demos-(1)/Demos-(1).aspx |archive-date=13 November 2012 }} and GPS wildlife tracking.{{cite web|url=http://www.geotime.com/GeoTime%28s%29/April-2012/US-Geological-Survey---Wildlife-Tracking-Analysis-.aspx |title=US Geological Survey - wildlife tracking analysis webinar |publisher=Oculus Info Inc. |date=5 April 2012 |access-date=29 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527192856/http://geotime.com/GeoTime(s)/April-2012/US-Geological-Survey---Wildlife-Tracking-Analysis-.aspx |archive-date=27 May 2013 }} A list of customers is available on the GeoTime web site.{{cite web |url=http://www.geotime.com/Product/GeoTime-%281%29/Customers---Case-Studies.aspx |title=GeoTime: Customers |publisher=Oculus Info Inc. |access-date=29 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530160747/http://www.geotime.com/Product/GeoTime-(1)/Customers---Case-Studies.aspx |archive-date=30 May 2013 }}
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.{{cite news |url=http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Campaigners_angry_at_new_British_police_tracking_system |date=12 May 2011 |title=Campaigners angry at new British police tracking system |newspaper=Wikinews |access-date=29 May 2013 }}
See also
- ArcGIS
- {{section link|Geographic information system|Adding the dimension of time}}
- Telecommunications data retention
- Time geography
References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal |last1=Eccles |first1=Ryan |last2=Kapler |first2=Thomas |last3=Harper |first3=Robert |last4=Wright |first4=William |title=Stories in GeoTime |date=Spring 2008 |journal=Information Visualization |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=3–17 |doi=10.1057/palgrave.ivs.9500173 |s2cid=195347846 }}
- {{cite journal |author=Esri |author-link=Esri |date=Winter 2012 |title=Hardworking crime maps: sophisticated cell tower analysis helps Los Angeles law enforcement pinpoint criminals |journal=ArcNews |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=32–33 |url=http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcnews/winter1213articles/hard-working-crime-maps }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Kapler |first1=Thomas |last2=Wright |first2=William |date=June 2005 |title=GeoTime information visualization |journal=Information Visualization |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=136–146 |doi=10.1057/palgrave.ivs.9500097 |s2cid=41835439 }}
- {{cite book |last=Neuhaus |first=Fabian |editor1-first=Fabian |editor1-last=Neuhaus |year=2011 |title=Studies in temporal urbanism: the urbanTick experiment |location=Dordrecht; New York |publisher=Springer |isbn=9789400709362 |oclc=747105206 |doi=10.1007/978-94-007-0937-9 }}
- {{cite journal |last=Nunez |first=Toni |date=November 2013 |title=Tracking criminals with cell tower analysis |journal=Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=249–250 |url=http://www.huduser.org/portal/periodicals/cityscpe/vol15num3/ch17.pdf }}
- {{cite book |last1=Proulx |first1=Pascale |last2=Tandon |first2=Sumeet |last3=Bodnar |first3=Adam |last4=Schroh |first4=David |last5=Harper |first5=Robert |last6=Wright |first6=William |year=2006 |chapter=Avian flu case study with nSpace and GeoTime |editor1-last=Wong |editor1-first=Pak Chung |editor2-last=Keim |editor2-first=Daniel A |title=VAST, IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology, 2006: proceedings, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, October 31–November 2, 2006 |pages=27–34 |location=Piscataway, NJ |publisher=IEEE |isbn=1424405912 |oclc=85811533 |doi=10.1109/VAST.2006.261427 |s2cid=17386780 }}