Time Travel Map

An interactive map with a timeline for exploring the geographic history of your family tree.

*Fig. 1: Exploring generations as clusters of individuals

*Fig. 2: Exploring generations with callouts showing short information on the individuals

Features

• Interactive Map: Map visualization using Leaflet.js
  • Option to auto-zoom to focus on historical areas of interest as you move through time.
  • Option to show individuals as clustered points or callouts with name and lifespan.
  • Points/callouts can be clicked to show more detailed events located in time and space, with a link to the standard individual page.
• Ancestry & Descendants: Supports both backward (ancestors) and forward (descendants) exploration.
• Timeline slider: Quick navigation through time, with a histogram of how many individuals are alive at that time.
• Autoplay: Automatically advances the timeline through time forward or backwards in time at a configurable speed.
• Event Visualization: Displays birth, death, and marriage events on the map.
• Customizable: Configure which events to display and other display options.
• Video Recording: Allows to export a video file (recorded in the browser) of the autoplay mode.

Installation

1. Download the module from the Releases page.
2. Extract the archive into the modules_v4 directory of your Webtrees installation (avoid points in the name of the folder).
3. Log in to Webtrees as an administrator.
4. Navigate to Control Panel > Modules and click either in All modules or Charts under the Genealogy group
5. Check that the module is listed and enabled an select Preferences.
6. Configure the individual and family events that you want to include in the timeline, the more common events are already proposed as a default setting.
7. Click Save to apply the changes.

*Fig. 3: Configuration page in the preferences of the module

Usage

1. Navigate to the Time Travel Map page from the Charts menu.
2. Select a starting individual.
3. Choose the direction: Ancestors (backward in time) or Descendants (forward in time).
4. Select the number of Generations to display.
5. Click View to generate the map and start exploring!

*Fig. 4: Selection of the parameters to start the exploration