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Interactive Timeline of Diplomacy

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Goal: Help visitors to understand American diplomacy through time by building an interactive visualization of the embassies

Concept: Use the geolocations and timestamps provided to visualize embassies over time on a map. Can display on an interactive map so that users may select points of interest. Option to include other media such as photos from embassies. Option to include animations, highlight historical events, add pull descriptions, or add interactive elements

Data Sets: US embassies dataset (country, �geolocations, type of events, year), Maps

1832

2008

Visitor can type in any year from 1780-2018

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Technology Best Practices for Museum Interactive

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  • The Diplomacy Center’s mission is to tell the story of the impact American diplomacy in a way that would engage and inspire audiences. These are complex ideas that may feel dense or intimidating to non-specialists. Using provided content, construct an interactive that allows users explore America’s diplomatic history and current presence in the world in a fun experience.
  • Admin friendly for content updates, including changing language
  • Browser-based interactive is highly preferred for most adaptable use of interactive.
  • All concepts presented will be open source for future development by the Diplomacy Center (either with the participants or independently) or other entities, royalty free.

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Intended use

This project may be used as a prototype for testing an interactive concept for the United States Diplomacy Center. This project may be expanded, developed and modified to be used as a large scale interactive when the museum opens, visible from outside the transparent walls. This also may live online on the Center’s website as an educational resource. Embassy statuses will be updated yearly. The project should entice visitors to explore the United States’ diplomatic history.

Target audience is high school and university students

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Notes & Helpful Links

Beyond the core function of being interactive timeline map, however, there are many opportunities for expansion. For example, playing with key historical moments, such as context for a bunch of embassies shutting down prior to World War I, or a bunch opening after the end of the Cold War

These links are just a few that can provide opportunity for expansion for U.S. embassies present day

  • USembassy.gov
  • State.gov/discoverdiplomacy/explorer/#places
  • Embassy twitters
  • Google Earth