Cartographic Animation

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animated_mapping

 

Cartographic animation is a map that incorporates animation, or moving images.The point of a cartographic animation is to visualize an event that would not be seen if the maps were viewed without having two maps put together.  These types of maps are able to incorporate time changes as well. Cartographic animations show things in motion, such as in a hurricane or twister.

 

The image above is a cartographic animation of waves that spread across the Indian Ocean after the 2004 Tsunami.