View Idea

Currently the ISIS time series results are viewed via the time series, cross section and the long section plot, which gives a relatively localised and detailed view of what the modelled results are. However there are often occasions the viewer/modeller would like to look at the general hydraulic behaviour of the model before diving into the investigation of the details. The general view could be when and where the water in the channel starts to overflow or confined by the artificial glass wall, when the bridges get surcharged, or when the gates start to operate according to the operational rule.

To achieve this, I am thinking of a planar animation of the 1D time series results in GIS visualiser which gives an overall and holistic view of the model behaviour. The value (could be anything) associated to the hydraulic unit shown throughout the animation could be displayed more visually (using different colour or size of symbol) rather than the actual numbers.

I got some crude ideas for the functionalities:
1. For structures in general, colour codes the Mode or State.
2. For the bridges behaviour regarding surcharging, green colour shows no surcharging, and use yellow to red denoting different degrees of surcharging.
3. For spills, use two colours to represent the positive and negative flow, and use different saturation of each colour to indicate the discharge rate.
4. For river section, use different colours to indicating the glass wall placed, e.g. 0.15m, 0.5m, 1m
5. For reservoir unit, depth could be colour coded as well.
6. On top of this, the user can place the detailed time series plot for the units of particular interest aside to view the interactions.
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