Note: This is mainly for discussion about an idea that was suggested to me by our UX designer.
Context
QGIS edge bundling currently produces a static image. While informative of overall movement patterns, it may obscure movement trends over time (e.g. morning/afternoon, weekday/weekend, etc).
Idea
The idea was suggested to create a movie or animation showing movement trends over time. E.g. the movie could cycle through renderings of movement data binned into hourly, daily, weekly, etc. periods. It may also be desirable to have some transition, such as an alpha blend, to give the appearance of continuity (such as the difference between a bar and line chart).
Discussion
What are some possible approaches to create a time-series animation of bundled origin-destination data? What tools exist in the QGIS ecosystem, such as TimeManager, and how might they be used/improved in conjunction with this edge bundling plugin to produce the desired animation?
Note: This is mainly for discussion about an idea that was suggested to me by our UX designer.
Context
QGIS edge bundling currently produces a static image. While informative of overall movement patterns, it may obscure movement trends over time (e.g. morning/afternoon, weekday/weekend, etc).
Idea
The idea was suggested to create a movie or animation showing movement trends over time. E.g. the movie could cycle through renderings of movement data binned into hourly, daily, weekly, etc. periods. It may also be desirable to have some transition, such as an alpha blend, to give the appearance of continuity (such as the difference between a bar and line chart).
Discussion
What are some possible approaches to create a time-series animation of bundled origin-destination data? What tools exist in the QGIS ecosystem, such as TimeManager, and how might they be used/improved in conjunction with this edge bundling plugin to produce the desired animation?