Techniques for visualizing historical pathogen sampling in a facility

At least one computer-readable memory storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor in a computing device, cause operations comprising:

• populating, with the computing device, a plurality of sampling locations as a plurality of icons on a map of the facility;
• automatically receiving, at the computing device from a remote database, sampling data specifying a plurality of pathogen levels at the plurality of sampling locations;
• automatically assigning;
• with the computing device, one of a plurality of colors to each of the plurality of icons according to the plurality of pathogen levels;
• automatically causing coloring, as displayed on a display connected to the computing device, the pathogen sampling locations on the map with the assigned colors to form a frame;
• automatically repeating, with the computing device, the receiving, assigning, and coloring steps on at least three different occasions to form a sequence of frames;
• automatically causing sequentially displaying, as displayed on the display connected to the computing device, of the sequence of frames and an identification of the respective occasion at a constant rate;
• filtering the plurality of icons according to at least one filtering criterion to form a subset of the plurality of icons;
• and
• not displaying icons excluded from the subset of the plurality of icons during said sequentially displaying the frames,
• wherein:
• the steps that are performed automatically are performed without human intervention;
• the map of the facility is identical in each of the frames in the sequence of frames;
• and
• the map of the facility is displayed at the same zoom level in each of the frames in the sequence of frames.