Civilization in Malta through the Ages
A timeline of Malta's History
Project Description
This Processing sketch is a visualization of images which are ordered by time to form a timeline. The timeline shows the civilizations development of Malta, as it was conquered through the ages. I showed a series of images ranging from 5200 B.C, in the Neolithic Period, all the way to the present. The user can navigate and scroll through the images and different events using the slider included in the sketch. In the sketch the user is presented with twelve different images which show different artefacts from the periods in which Malta was conquered. To navigate through the images, the sketch includes a slider which allows for the navigation through the images. The slider allows the user to scroll through the images one by one and includes markers on it which show where the slider should be positioned for the image that is trying to be shown. Each marker has the date on top of it to do display when the event occurred on the timeline. The slider can be used either by sliding it left or right, by clicking on a position on the slider bar or by using the left and right arrow keys on the keyboard. To create the slider I used a class I found online, called “HScrollBar”. I adapted and modified it to turn into a timeline by adding the markers to it, together with dates. I also changed the appearance of the slider and added the functionality to move the slider with the arrow keys on the keyboard.
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