DeLVE (Deep-time Literacy Visualization Exhibit)

An in-development visualization system to support the understanding of deep time by museum visitors by relating large time scales to more common ones. See the live version at deeptime.cs.ubc.ca.

To run the code locally:

1. Ensure you have installed Node.js
2. Open a terminal
3. Navigate to deeptime/server/src
4. Run the command "npm i" to install the express module
5. Run the command "node server.js" to start the server
6. Open a browser and navigate to localhost:3000 or 127.0.0.1:3000

To recreate the teaser image presented in DeLVE into Earth’s Past: A Visualization-Based Exhibit Deployed Across Multiple Museum Contexts, you may use the deployed version of the code, available at: https://deeptime.ubc.ca

1. Open the site at 127.0.0.1:3000 (if running locally) or https://deeptime.cs.ubc.ca
2. Click the "Default Dataset" button
3. Press the Escape key
4. In the "Subtitle" box, type "Biology Dataset"
5. Click the "Start DeLVE" button
6. Click the "Explore the Past" button repeatedly until it is greyed out
7. Wait for the animation to complete

Alternatively, you may open the end result of the above instructions directly: https://deeptime.cs.ubc.ca/v1-6/vis/?id=1K4-sSSBIKzZOIDBDnqAPo_Uib7IvTiKq59A9l7BqUlA&user=&pass=&gIndex=9&eIndex=9&backGroup=0&backEvent=0&mode=interactive&dynamicWait=60&interval=2&animMode=animation-event&resetInterval=6&logInterval=3600&subtitle=Biology%2520Dataset