About the project
Team Members
Johannes Filter
Funding Period
In funding since 01/06/2025
What is the project about?
Chronicles with location and time references are essential tools for political education, journalism, and research. They help to present complex events in an understandable way by presenting data visually and narratively. However, existing solutions are often inflexible or require complex in-house development. TimeTiles closes this gap by providing a modular software library for interactive chronicles. The project relies on TypeScript, React, and Next.js to create a powerful and customizable solution. TimeTiles offers ready-made widgets for maps, lists, filters, and search functions that can be seamlessly integrated into existing web projects. Server-side data processing enables geocoding and the connection of external sources such as Wikidata or Google Sheets. The map functions are based on OpenStreetMap technologies such as MapLibre and VersaTiles to ensure flexible and sustainable use. The project is aimed at developers, journalists, and NGOs who want to implement chronicles efficiently. Thanks to its open-source approach, the software will not only be developed sustainably, but could also establish itself as the standard solution for geodata-based chronicles in the long term.
Which audience does the project address?
The target audience consists of developers who create chronicles or work with time-dependent geodata. Dashboard creators, students, and hobby developers who work on non-profit projects and are interested in user-friendly solutions for geodata can also benefit from TimeTiles.
What is to be achieved?
TimeTiles is intended to become a TypeScript software library for React and Next.js. While all components will be compatible with Next.js, only Next.js projects will benefit from server-side features such as geocoding. In addition, a kind of “starter kit” is planned, in which a command line tool analyzes data and suggests suitable layouts with a selection of components and widgets.
