{"id":1112471,"date":"2021-01-28T05:50:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T13:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1112471"},"modified":"2021-01-28T06:12:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T14:12:07","slug":"time-travel-in-arcgis-pro","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/time-travel-in-arcgis-pro","title":{"rendered":"Time travel in ArcGIS Pro"},"author":156461,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[30171,368782,758452,28041,27591],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-1112471","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-animation","tag-interactive","tag-sequence","tag-time","tag-time-aware","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Learn how to travel through time in ArcGIS Pro","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"quote","author_name":"Albert Einstein","author_profession_organization":"","image":false,"text":"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Time is a human construct that we invented to keep track of when things happen, such as an earthquake or a home purchase or when the last train leaves the station.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we made it up, but for a good reason. Knowing <em>when<\/em> something happened can be just as important as <em>where<\/em> it happened, and we needed a way to capture it. The good news is that ArcGIS Pro allows you to <em>pan and zoom through time<\/em>, effectively giving you the power of time-travel.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2><strong>Time-aware content<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Before you can travel through time, though, you need to have time-aware content in your map.<\/p>\n<p>In ArcGIS Pro, you <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/mapping\/time\/set-the-time-properties-on-data.htm\">define this at the layer-level<\/a>. Each layer in the map can have its own definition of which fields describe the instant (or duration) of time that a feature is valid. For events, such as an earthquake, this is usually modeled as a single field value for each feature. For durations, such as a power outage caused by an earthquake, this is modeled using two fields \u2013 one for the start of the power outage and one for when it ended. Each layer in your map defines its own time zone, so data from around the world can be used in the same map.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1112561,"id":1112561,"title":"Time properties for a layer","filename":"BLOG-Time-Travel-1.png","filesize":13673,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/time-travel-in-arcgis-pro\/blog-time-travel-1","alt":"Time properties for a layer","author":"156461","description":"","caption":"The time properties for a layer","name":"blog-time-travel-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1112471,"date":"2021-01-14 01:15:26","modified":"2021-01-14 01:16:29","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":640,"height":252,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-1.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":183,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-1.png","medium_large-width":640,"medium_large-height":252,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-1.png","large-width":640,"large-height":252,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-1.png","1536x1536-width":640,"1536x1536-height":252,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-1.png","2048x2048-width":640,"2048x2048-height":252,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-1.png","card_image-width":640,"card_image-height":252,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-1.png","wide_image-width":640,"wide_image-height":252}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"blockquote","content":"<p>Tip: It is strongly recommended you use a dedicated Date field to store your dates and times (rather than a formatted text field). This ensures well-defined date values in your database and gives you access to additional options, such as the Calendar control for editing.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Then, you just define and update the time extent of your map.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as the map has a time-aware layer, an onscreen <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/mapping\/time\/configure-time-slider-settings.htm\">time slider control<\/a> appears. A contextual Time tab is also added to the ribbon, exposing the time properties of the map. Once time is enabled, the map filters which time-aware features are displayed.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1112571,"id":1112571,"title":"The Time ribbon tab","filename":"BLOG-Time-Travel-2.png","filesize":21681,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/time-travel-in-arcgis-pro\/blog-time-travel-2","alt":"The Time ribbon tab","author":"156461","description":"","caption":"The contextual Time tab on the ribbon is shown when a map has time-aware content","name":"blog-time-travel-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1112471,"date":"2021-01-14 01:17:03","modified":"2021-01-28 01:02:53","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1263,"height":155,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-2-213x155.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":155,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-2.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":57,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-2.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":94,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-2.png","large-width":1263,"large-height":155,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-2.png","1536x1536-width":1263,"1536x1536-height":155,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-2.png","2048x2048-width":1263,"2048x2048-height":155,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-2-826x101.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":101,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-2.png","wide_image-width":1263,"wide_image-height":155}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2><strong>Use the time slider<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The time slider allows you to zoom and pan the map\u2019s time extent to see more or fewer features, just like zooming and panning the map&#8217;s spatial extent.<\/p>\n<p>Time travel is easy &#8211; just grab and drag the controls on the time slider to change the map\u2019s temporal extent and see different features. You can also grab the dark-blue middle section of the time extent controls and move the whole extent forward and backward in time. To set an exact time extent, enter the values on the ribbon.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1112591,"id":1112591,"title":"The time slider control","filename":"BLOG-Time-Travel-3.png","filesize":21333,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-3.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/time-travel-in-arcgis-pro\/blog-time-travel-3","alt":"The time slider control","author":"156461","description":"","caption":"The time slider control","name":"blog-time-travel-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1112471,"date":"2021-01-14 01:20:17","modified":"2021-01-14 01:20:51","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":720,"height":154,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-3-213x154.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":154,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-3.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":99,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-3.png","medium_large-width":720,"medium_large-height":154,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-3.png","large-width":720,"large-height":154,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-3.png","1536x1536-width":720,"1536x1536-height":154,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-3.png","2048x2048-width":720,"2048x2048-height":154,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-3.png","card_image-width":720,"card_image-height":154,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-3.png","wide_image-width":720,"wide_image-height":154}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>One common interaction method for the time slider is to define a fixed <em>time span<\/em> \u2013 such as a day or a week or a year \u2013 and use that duration to \u201cstep\u201d forward and backward in time. That way you are guaranteed to see all your data, in order and with equal time slices. For example, if I set both the <strong>Span<\/strong> and the <strong>Step Interval<\/strong> values on the <strong>Time<\/strong> tab to \u201c7 days\u201d, clicking the <strong>Step<\/strong> button moves the map\u2019s display through consecutive weeks.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1112601,"id":1112601,"title":"Shipping traffic from 1770","filename":"BLOG-Time-Travel-4.png","filesize":158831,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-4.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/time-travel-in-arcgis-pro\/blog-time-travel-4","alt":"Three weeks of shipping traffic from 1770","author":"156461","description":"","caption":"Three consecutive weeks of shipping traffic in August, 1770","name":"blog-time-travel-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1112471,"date":"2021-01-14 01:21:27","modified":"2021-01-14 01:22:22","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2300,"height":543,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-4-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-4.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":110,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-4.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":181,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-4.png","large-width":1920,"large-height":453,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-4-1536x363.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":363,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-4-2048x484.png","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":484,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-4-826x195.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":195,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-4-1920x453.png","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":453}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Some other simple interaction tips for the time slider include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the <strong>Time Snapping<\/strong> option on the <strong>Time<\/strong> ribbon to snap to human-friendly values, such as hours or days.<\/li>\n<li>Use the <strong>Lock<\/strong> toggle button on either the <strong>Start<\/strong> or <strong>End<\/strong> control to see cumulative time \u2013 such as all content after midday on June 10th<\/li>\n<li>Set the map\u2019s temporal <strong>Full Extent<\/strong> based on a particular layer by selecting it from the drop-down list on the <strong>Time<\/strong> ribbon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Advanced options with time<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve mastered the basics of time travel in ArcGIS Pro, feel free to experiment with more advanced ways of working with time. Here are some examples.<\/p>\n<p>First, step through the <strong>unique time steps<\/strong> stored within the data itself. This is great for irregularly captured content, such as earthquakes or a mosaic dataset of aerial imagery, where up to 1,000 unique time stops can be stored with the time slider. Clicking the <strong>Step<\/strong> button moves you to the next moment where content exists. <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/mapping\/time\/irregularly-spaced-temporal-data.htm\">Learn more about irregular time-steps.<\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1113381,"id":1113381,"title":"Time slider irregular steps","filename":"BLOG-Time-Travel-5a.png","filesize":7887,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5a.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/time-travel-in-arcgis-pro\/blog-time-travel-5a","alt":"Time slider with irregular steps","author":"156461","description":"","caption":"Time slider with irregular steps for earthquakes","name":"blog-time-travel-5a","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1112471,"date":"2021-01-14 17:41:55","modified":"2021-01-14 17:42:46","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":802,"height":101,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5a-213x101.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":101,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5a.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":58,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5a.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":97,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5a.png","large-width":802,"large-height":101,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5a.png","1536x1536-width":802,"1536x1536-height":101,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5a.png","2048x2048-width":802,"2048x2048-height":101,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5a.png","card_image-width":802,"card_image-height":101,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5a.png","wide_image-width":802,"wide_image-height":101}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Next, store an interesting time-extent as a <strong>bookmark<\/strong> so you can easily get back to it again. All bookmarks created in a time-aware map capture the current time-extent. You can use these bookmarks to navigate in space and time, or you can use the right-click context menu to access just the temporal component. Time-aware bookmarks are shown with an overlaid clock icon in the lower left corner. <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/mapping\/navigation\/time-and-range-in-bookmarks.htm\">Learn more about time-aware bookmarks.<\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1112611,"id":1112611,"title":"Time aware bookmarks in the Bookmarks pane","filename":"BLOG-Time-Travel-5.png","filesize":36166,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/time-travel-in-arcgis-pro\/blog-time-travel-5","alt":"Time-aware bookmarks in the Bookmarks pane","author":"156461","description":"","caption":"Time aware bookmarks in the Bookmarks pane","name":"blog-time-travel-5","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1112471,"date":"2021-01-14 01:24:25","modified":"2021-01-28 01:07:47","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":576,"height":394,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5.png","medium-width":382,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5.png","medium_large-width":576,"medium_large-height":394,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5.png","large-width":576,"large-height":394,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5.png","1536x1536-width":576,"1536x1536-height":394,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5.png","2048x2048-width":576,"2048x2048-height":394,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5.png","card_image-width":576,"card_image-height":394,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-5.png","wide_image-width":576,"wide_image-height":394}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Thirdly, you can move the time slider into <strong>\u201clive\u201d mode<\/strong>, in which the system clock of your computer effectively moves the time slider for you. This is critical when you have live-feed time-aware data in the map and you want the time slider to keep up with the current time. This option is only available when at least one of your time-aware layers is marked as being a live-feed. <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/mapping\/time\/visualize-data-updating-using-live-mode.htm\">Learn more about live-time mode.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Export time content to a video<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A video is uniquely suited to capturing time-aware information in an easily distributable form, especially with people outside of the GIS world. For example, you can show 10 decades of population growth in one minute, or 6 months of shipping data in 6 seconds.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1113131,"id":1113131,"title":"Shipping 1770","filename":"BLOG-Time-Travel-6-anim-1.gif","filesize":617564,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BLOG-Time-Travel-6-anim-1.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/time-travel-in-arcgis-pro\/blog-time-travel-6-anim-2","alt":"Video of shipping traffic in 1770","author":"156461","description":"","caption":"Six months of shipping traffic in six seconds, created using two keyframes and dynamic time overlay text. 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This requires you to capture the state of the map in a series of keyframes, define the duration of the video, and then let the application interpolate between the known states to generate a video file. 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You can then share what you learn about your content by creating a video file that includes your journey through space and time.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this helps get you started on your time-traveling adventures!<\/p>\n<p>-Nathan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Wait, you want to learn more about using time and GIS? 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