| Tool | Platform | Price | Ownership | Difficulty | Exporting | Embedding | Printing | Temporal-Spatial Information | Visual Customizability | Interactive Features |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArcGIS (website) | software (Windows); Web-based (ArcGIS Online) | $1,500 (Basic), $7,000 (Standard) | corporate (Esri) | 4 (Advanced) | static image files (.jpg, .png); video files; active maps can only be shared using ArcGIS Online | map data must be ported to an ArcGIS Online map in order to facilitate external embedding | map must be prepared for printing using Layout View and then exported as a print-ready image file | timestamp and timespan data enabled; temporal information is best represented through time-lapse animation function; no timeline functionality native to tool | maps are full-color, choropleth-enabled, and highly adaptable; point representations can be customized by shape, color, and size | Singular, anonymized authorship. Maps can be animated to demonstrate temporal data; pop-up info boxes and hyperlinks can be integrated. |