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: Vol. 60: Iss. 4, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol60/iss4/5