Users can view real-time animated playback of data and use automated analysis tools within the software to identify location patterns, connections between events, and trends.
[6][7] GeoTime was a winner of the IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) conference contest for three years in a row.
[4] GeoTime has been used by professionals in public safety (including metropolitan police and emergency management), telecommunications, academic research, healthcare and human services, and the U.S.
[8] It has been used to analyze data from sources as diverse as downhill skiing,[9] influenza monitoring,[10] and GPS wildlife tracking.
[12] Lawyers and privacy campaigners have questioned whether innocent individuals may be tracked by the software, which has been likened to a computer programme in the science fiction film Minority Report.