Display of temporal data over multiple orders of magnitude

摘要

Described herein are technologies that facilitate representing instances in time over 62 orders of magnitude as well as graphically depicting events over various time ranges and resolutions in time. A filter window is selected as a function of a resolution of a display, such filter window is applied over a representation of an instant in time. The position of the filter window along the representation of the instant in time defines a resolution in time, and such resolution in time is utilized to select graphical objects for display.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
selecting a filtering window that is to be applied to a representation of an instant in time based upon resolution of a display, the representation stored in computer-readable storage of a computing device, the representation represents the instant in time over several orders of magnitude, wherein first graphical content corresponds to the instant in time at a first time granularity, and second graphical content corresponds to the instant in time at a second granularity; receiving a first query that indicates that the instant in time is to be resolved to the first time granularity; applying the filtering window over a position in the representation of the instant in time that corresponds to the first time granularity responsive to receiving the first query; and responsive to applying the filtering window, identifying that the first graphical content is to be displayed on the display rather than the second graphical content; and responsive to identifying that the first graphical content is to be displayed, displaying the first graphical content on the display while refraining from displaying the second graphical content on the display.