Thursday, April 17, 2014

Cartographic Animations

http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/images/andrew.html

Cartographic animations are used to add a temporal component to mapping by displaying change in some dimension.  Animated mapping is very commonly used to display weather changes over a period of time.  News stations and weather channels will use cartographic animations when informing people about future weather conditions that may be hazardous or dangerous.  The map above shows the movement of Hurricane Andrew from its starting position to its ending position. 

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