We propose a method that can visualize the spatiotemporal measurements
originating from a sensor network. Each sensor records a sequence of
measurements and the accumulation of these measurements is of central
interest. Importantly, the sensor can associate with the attribute that
contains a hierarchy on its values. Our method, called Time Ring Maps, can 1)
capture the sequence and distribution of the measurements, 2) allow the user
to compare temporal patterns between sensors, and 3) display the temporal
patterns at different hierarchy levels when users zoom the background map.
The applicability of the Time Ring Maps is demonstrated on real world data
from traffic network monitoring.