About time-enabled web maps

Time-enabled web maps include a temporal map service, image service, or KML layer that stores information about the changing state of a dataset over time. These maps allow you to step through periods of time, revealing patterns and trends in your data. For example, you can do the following:

• Track hurricane paths and other meteorological events.
• Explore historic patterns in data through time, for example, population or land-use changes.
• Monitor changes in well production or status.
• Map the progression of a wildfire or flood.
• Visualize the spread of disease over time.

In the example below, you can see the growth of oil and gas leases in Kansas during two cumulative time periods: 1940 to 1960 and 2000 to 2020.