An Open Knowledge Foundation Labs Project

Timeliner Make elegant timelines and timemaps using Google Spreadsheets

Connect Your Google Spreadsheet

The Timeliner uses data in a spreadsheet in Google docs allowing you to edit the timeline by editing the spreadsheet.

Examples

The Western Front in WWI »
Medieval Philosophers »
Wars in History »

How It Works

Create a Spreadsheet

We suggest you copy this template so that columns have the right names.

Publish the Spreadsheet

Publish your spreadsheet - see File menu → Publish to Web in Google Docs.

Connect it to Timeliner

Paste the spreadsheet URL (e.g. ) into the form above and hit Load.

Credits

Timeliner is only possible thanks to a set of awesome open-source components including TimelineJS, ReclineJS, Leaflet, Backbone and Bootstrap. You can find the full open-source source for Timeliner on GitHub here.