Introduction to the TekMap
TekMap is a visualization tool for exploring different facets of science and technology. It provides a number of views of the MetaEngineering ontology to help explore relationships between innovations. Some of the views in TekMap are full-fledged editors which permit updating the persistent database. The main purpose of this tool, however, is to support "big-picture" analyses of technological trends and relationships. As such, this is a work in progress.
The TekMap window contains menus, a toolbar, a main tool window, and a status line at the bottom. The toolbar and View menu allow you to quickly switch between different views or perspectives and to specify some view-specific parameters. The main views in TekMap are: