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Article Title

Visualizing Temples through Time

Authors

Litian Zhang
Geoffrey M. Draper

Keywords

temples, timeline, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Abstract

The large number of temples dedicated in recent decades has rendered it impossible to draw a linear timeline of all temples on a standard printed page. We propose an interactive timeline that can run on mobile devices. Rather than display the entire timeline at once, our visualization renders a subset of the temples on an interactive spiral and provides controls for the user to navigate forward and backward through time. Below we will present a mobile app prototype of this visualization, called Temples Timeline, and discuss its implementation and reception.

Recommended Citation

Zhang, Litian and Draper, Geoffrey M. (2021) "Visualizing Temples through Time," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 60: Iss. 4, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol60/iss4/5