Time Slider Component JavaScript Library

To fill in until LG releases a built-in Time Slider component, Digital Data Services (DDS) has released a free JavaScript library that adds the ability to embed a Time Slider widget within your Geocortex Viewer for HTML5. 

 

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The Time Slider widget enables you to view temporal layers in a Map and to see how the layer data changes over time. Using this widget, you can play or pause the temporal animation of the data, go to a previous time period, or advance to the next time period.

 

In additional to the standard functionality provided by similar Esri or Silverlight-based widgets, the DDS Time Slider widget for the HTML5 Viewer also allows you to:

• Drag and place the widget anywhere on the map
• Horizontally resize the widget - expanding or compacting the Time Slider view in real-time
• Temporarily close and reopen the widget - giving you the ability to hide the Time Slider when it is not actively being used
• Statically or dynamically configure the temporal boundaries (year range) to adjust to changing time-aware Layer content
• Automatically persist the widget's properties and settings (such as its position, visibility, and temporal range) - so that your Time Slider preferences are retained when a Geocortex session is closed and reopened

A demo video is available at https://youtu.be/ICR6NzpmtFI. For more information and to download the JavaScript Library, please visit: https://github.com/DigitalDataServices/GeocortexTimeSlider.