Cartographic Animations

When you think cartographic animation, often times nothing comes to mind.  However, cartographic animation is more popular and more prevalent in our daily lives than many people think.  Think the weather channel and the way that they show you a moving Doppler radar.  This is an example of a cartographic animation.  Cartographic animations allow spatial visualization, and the depiction of change and movement across land over time.  The above map is a cartographic animation of Hurricane Irene, the fifth costliest United States hurricane that affected the Eastern United States in 2011.

The map URL is: http://blog.outerbanksvacations.com/2011/08/24/outer-banks-hurricane-irene-update-8-24-11-900-pm/hurricane-irene-projected-path-8-24-11-9-pm/