historical timeline modelling

Posted by Dr Andus
Mar 9, 2011 at 07:00 PM

Thanks everyone for the great suggestions for my timelining problem. I tried to summarise and categorise all the suggestions, here they are, in case someone else might find this useful:

Full PIM:
InfoQube: http://www.public.sqlnotes.net/download/infoqube/samples/timeline2.png
Mindsystems Amode V2: http://www.mindsystems.com.au/products/amode/index.php

Spreadsheet-like solutions:
TreeSheets: http://treesheets.com/
XMind: http://www.xmind.net/pro/features/#link3

Mind Mapping Software with timelining:
MindView: http://www.matchware.com/en/products/mindview/default.htm
Inspiration: http://www.inspiration.com/Inspiration

Timelining specialists:
TimelineMaker: http://www.timelinemaker.com/
TimeMap: http://www.casesoft.com/timemap/download.asp
BeeDocs: http://www.beedocs.com/timeline-feature-comparison/
TimeFlow Analytical Timeline: https://github.com/FlowingMedia/TimeFlow/wiki/

Web-based:
Dipity: http://www.dipity.com/
SIMILE Widgets Timeline: http://www.simile-widgets.org/timeline/
Recorded Future: https://www.recordedfuture.com/how-media-analytics-works.html

Graphics:
SmartDraw: http://www.smartdraw.com/product/features/timeline-examples/

I need some time to evaluate these, but one that immediately caught my eye was TimeFlow Analytical Timeline. I like it that time-based data can be viewed in 5 different ways. That would be very helpful in analysing data.