Temporal Data is the data representing the status of a certain time point, such as the Land Use status of a certain year or the continuous rainstorm status of a certain cycle.
The SuperMap desktop supports the Temporal Data playback function, which is to play and display the Temporal Data in the map according to a certain time sequence. Through the Temporal Data playback, it is convenient to view the pattern or change trend of the data over time. As shown in the figure below, Figure 1 shows the elements of typhoon track points, and the time field indicates the typhoon observation time. After setting the playback parameters, the playback effect is as shown in Figure 2.
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| Figure 1: Temporal Data of Typhoon Track Points to be Played | Figure 2: Play the displayed typhoon track points at 1-hour intervals |
To display Temporal Data in the map, you need to complete the following steps:
- Step
- 1: Prepare Temporal Data. Step
- 2: Enable time for data. Step
- 3: Play Temporal Data.