Part-related to this question and part-related to this one, I would like to make use of the new features of TimelinePlot in 10.3, but would like to incorporate some sort of automated text-wrapping, rather than be forced to do it manually. For example:
TimelinePlot[{Labeled[ Interval[{DateObject[{2016, 2, 5, 12, 30}], DateObject[{2016, 2, 5, 14, 30}]}], "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, eu mollis integre adipisci usu. Vim an debitis corpora. Quis paulo definitiones te nec, his ceteros probatus ex. Has nostrum senserit elaboraret ut. Sit eu solum maluisset. Vel soleat option ea, vim ad justo liber viderer. Causae definitionem sea ei. Ornatus nominavi scaevola nam eu. Eum utinam menandri an, pri in quod persecuti, ne vim dicunt audire placerat."]}] gives (approximately) the desired output, but label box-sze has been adjusted manually. Ultimately, my timeline will be quite detailed and multileveled, so the additional issue of left/right (or other custom) placement of the label itself would be desirable, but is not essential.
What is the best way to create a heavily annotated timeline, using the easy-to-use TimelinePlot in 10.3?
TimelinePlotis only useful for manually designed posters. Need a layout engine. I mentioned this to SW at the last conference. By analogy, think of label placement in GIS (eg Google Maps) and more generally graph layout. People spend entire careers working on those. $\endgroup$