Cartographic Animation Map

Cartographic animations have been utilized since the 1960's. This particular type of map is defined as one that has the ability to show several different animations that change from one scene to the next to depict and explain exactly what is going on. For example, if we were trying to show the populations estimates over the 1900's of Asian-Americans in the Midwestern portion of the U.S. we could show a several different frames in a sequence to show how the populations have either increased or decreased. I would be able to give this map to anybody and through the animations they would be able know exactly what we were discussing and exactly what that particular demographic has done regarding an increase or decrease in population. This is a good example of a cartographic animation because it shows us in different frames the estimated track of hurricane Andrew. I can look at this map and without anyone telling me what it is and know exactly what it means.

http://maps.unomaha.edu/mp/Articles/CartographicAnimation.html