# Geotemporal series \[Beta]

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Geotemporal series are in the [beta](../../platform-overview/development-life-cycle/index.md) phase of development and may not be available on your enrollment. Functionality may change during active development.
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[Geotemporal series](../types-of-geospatial-and-geotemporal-data/index.md#geotemporal-series) data is used to track the geographic position of entities over time. Geotemporal series are conceptually similar to [time series](../../time-series/time-series-overview/index.md) except they include a geospatial component.

Here are some examples of geotemporal series data that you can naturally model:

* The location and time of an aircraft flying between an origin and a destination
* GPS pings emitted every day by birds migrating across North America
* Tracking a package from distribution to delivery

You can use geotemporal series data to operationalize real-time position data on maps or analyze historic data to gain insights into trends over time and space.

## Use geotemporal series data

To use geotemporal series data in Foundry you must set up the following two components:

* **[Geotemporal series sync](../types-of-geospatial-and-geotemporal-data/index.md#geotemporal-series-sync):** An integration backed by a dataset or stream that indexes geotemporal series data into an optimized database. You can configure geotemporal series syncs using [Pipeline Builder](../../pipeline-builder/outputs-overview/index.md#geotemporal-series-syncs).
* **[Geotemporal series object type](../types-of-geospatial-and-geotemporal-data/index.md#geotemporal-series-object-type):** Associates a geotemporal series with metadata and allows Foundry applications to access the series data. For example, you can include the origin and destination airports on the object type, which [references a geotemporal series](../types-of-geospatial-and-geotemporal-data/index.md#geotemporal-series-reference-gtsr) that integrates the flight tracks.

Before you set up these components, review [data modeling for geotemporal series](../data-modeling/index.md) for the required observation schema and data structure.

Learn more about [how to store geotemporal series in the Ontology](../integrate-geotemporal-series-with-the-ontology/index.md).