Time In GIS
Revision as of 09:09, 21 December 2007 by Wiki-Sunburned Surveyor (talk | contribs) (New page: This page of the OSGeo Wiki contains some tidbits of information about represting time or working with time in geographic information systems. (This is also known as temporal GIS.) This is...)
This page of the OSGeo Wiki contains some tidbits of information about represting time or working with time in geographic information systems. (This is also known as temporal GIS.) This is not a comprehensive coverage of the topic. It is a collection and summary of responses to a question about temporal GIS that I posted to the OSGeo Discussion Mailing List and Geowanking Mailing List.
Using Linear Referencing To Work With Time In GIS
You can use built-in linear referencing functionality in geographic information systems or relational databases as a "hack" to work with time. A line or other linear geometry is used to represent a "timeline".