Spacetime: a Two Dimensions Search and Visualisation Engine Based on Linked Data

DBpedia is one of the most interesting projects in the arena of the Semantic technologies. However, being able to extract useful information from it is not a trivial task for a user without a specific competence. We present the Spacetime, a two dimensions search engine that provides a simple visualization user interface for making it easy for a generic user to perform certain types of queries on the DBpedia body, and having results shown in a graphic and animated form. Spacetime has been equipped with various features, such as heat maps, time sliding animations, map aggregations, icon map customization and map saving and loading.