From user-friendly mobile apps like Travelboast and TravelAnimator to web-based tools like Pictramap and advanced software like SmartSHOW 3D, there’s an option for everyone. Each tool offers unique ...

The Youtube channel of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center posted an animated map showing every recorded earthquake and tsunami in sequence as they occurred from January 1, 1901, through December 31, ...

Apple Maps might reach a new level of immersion if Apple opts to integrate newly patented technology that animates water, foliage and other dynamic objects based on touch, motion and sound. Apple's ...

Each circle represents an earthquake -- the bigger the circle, the greater the magnitude. The line across the circle indicates the quake's depth. Most notable are the images that overwhelm the map on ...

In this, my first Visualization Deconstructed post, I'm expanding the scope to examine one of the most popular contemporary visualization techniques: animation of geospatial data over time. The beauty ...

The flow of the wind can not be seen with the eyes, and the movement of the ocean current whose scale is too large can not be felt any more. However, animation of air currents and ocean currents on ...

Your hellish commute has never looked so pretty. A new set of animated maps plots the commutes of 3.3 million Bay Area residents commuting to 110,000 destinations. The maps were made by Alasdair Rae, ...

One of the best known and commonly used world maps, the Mercator Projection, depicts Greenland and Africa as being roughly the same size. In reality, Africa is 14 times larger. This clever animation ...