"Now with Street View, you can see a landmark's growth from the ground up, like the Freedom Tower in New York city or the 2014 World Cup stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil," said Shet. "This new feature can also serve as a digital timeline of recent history, like the reconstruction after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Onagawa, Japan.
This fall, students from Pensacola to Phoenix collected stories of people who worked, grew up, served, were held, or advocated at Guantánamo to develop a digital timeline, interactive map, and physical exhibit, just opened in New York and traveling around the country.
along a digital timeline.
During the gestation of this article previously viewable sections became temporarily inaccessible but later reappeared, and photographs in some other areas were refreshed with newer images (the older images still being accessible by selecting the "Digital Timeline" option to view previous photo sets).
There are many online places that allow you to make a digital timeline of your own.
Follow news of the presidential campaign on a digital or timeline, Facebook page or Twitter feed over time, and engage in class discussion along the way.
Drawing on computers in 3-D has been standard for decades, but the technology has evolved rapidly in the last few years as more data capabilities are being added to digital models, including timelines of construction events, costs of materials and scenario planning such as how hurricanes, high winds or sunshine can affect engineering plans.
Sequences are sped up, one scene is broken into digital patches, the timeline is scrambled, and fantasies embellish reality.
For more information on the history of the Guardian's digital developments see the timeline of key moments in the Guardian's history.
24's ticking digital clock and multiple timeline split screens have been frequently spoofed, most notably in the Simpsons episode "24 Minutes", where Lisa and Bart join forces to stop a bake sale being ruined, and in South Park's "The Snuke", in which Eric Cartman assumes the Jack Bauer role, interrogating the only Muslim at South Park elementary school.
