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SpatioTemporalNarrative

Exploring stories based around movement through space and time.

Version

1.0.0

Author

Niels Joubert <njoubert@gmail.com> (http://njoubert.com/)

Contributors

Stu Card

Harrison Wray

Anh Truong

Repository

git - https://github.com/StanfordHCI/SpatioTemporalNarrative.git

Dependencies

  • dirty 0.x.x
  • express 3.2.6
  • less-middleware *
  • imagemagick 0.x.x
  • mkdirp 0.x.x

Stats

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SpatioTemporalNarrative

Exploring stories based around movement through space and time on the iPad.

Read the annotated code

We extensively commented the code with explanations and elaborations. We suggest reading it from front-to-back in the order we wrote it - it isn't very much! - so kick it off with the server.js entrypoint! It's rendered in a literate programming style using docco-husky.

The Interface for the iPad

All the text in this comes from the NYT boston bomber aticle. It is reproduced here purely for educational purposes to demonstrate a system.

When you open the app, you see a list of stories, each incorporating events over time and space:

Opening page

Touching a story title loads the timeline, text and map showing the events.

Opening page

Scrolling the text highlights the current event on the map and the timeline

Opening page

Scrolling further moves the map and the timeline to new events

Opening page

Touching locations on the map or events on the timeline updates the text accordingly

Opening page

Example Narratives:

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