The rapid display of a sequence of images to create an illusion of movement
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Examples of Animated maps
I am currently looking examples of animated maps. Creating animated maps with the help of this post and similar post checking Animaps site also
I am presenting this map in local school so those ...
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Getting “pointer” cursor at mouseover for rules/symbolizers based clusters in OpenLayers
I successfully used the AnimatedCluster plugin for OpenLayers. My codes uses OpenLayers.Rules and symbolizers. How can I get a "pointer" like mouse cursor when hovering over a cluster of features?
My ...
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Why can't I load more than 12 elevation files into NVIZ?
I have a large set of rasters in a GRASS mapset, which I would like to use as frames in an animation, visualizing the raster data as elevation. NVIZ is an obvious tool for this, but I'm having trouble ...
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Can TimeManager animate a large number of rasters in QGIS?
I understand that as of a year ago, the TimeManager plugin was not intended to handle more than a handfull of rasters. This post is in blind hope that this has changed!
I'm trying to create a map ...
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Create an animation that rotates around an central axis
I am looking to create an animation of a 3D model. I want the model to be the central object in the animation, so rotating around the model, always looking at the model. I am wondering what is the ...
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How to create Sequential Animation of Polylines in ArcGIS10?
I have a data set consisting of sets of polylines which reflect movement of individual organisms in my sample within their habitat each day. I am trying to create an animation which cycles through the ...
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Leaflet drop markers animation
Is it possible to do drop markers on the map like in google maps (https://google-developers.appspot.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/marker-animations-iteration) in leaflet
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Animate feature in openlayers
In my map web app, I have a play pause button that show vehicle route history.I get lat lon from database and create route that vehicle traverse.
At below site go to history tab after and choose ...
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Is it possible to change the year range of time manager in QGIS?
I have a shapefile with a start and end time field, properly formatted. However my dates range from 1864-1995. When I try to use the shape file with the QGIS time manager plugin I keep getting this ...
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Openlayers Animation Examples and Algorithms
i wonder for a long time if people in this community uses openlayers for animation needs.
we have know this that animating on browser is a little bit exhausting for it but when a map meets with ...
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How can I export ArcScene animation to .mov quicktime file?
ArcGIS 10 documentation says that an animation can be exported to either .avi or .mov (quicktime). I only see the .avi option in my drop-down list? What am I missing.
EDIT: Quicktime is installed ...
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TIFF, Grid, FGDB Grid, etc. - what performs better in ArcScene animation?
I am creating a flyover animation in ArcScene and I would like my surface raster to be rendered in full resolution (an exported function raster dataset - a blend of shaded relief and high resolution ...
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Efficient WMS or TMS Loop for Radar data?
I'm looking for an efficient way to loop radar data from a Tilecache or WMS Server. Right now, I make an array of layers and increment through them, but this seems inefficient since I end up with a ...
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QGIS Time Manager Data entry
I have downloaded the Time Manager plugin for QGIS. I have created a simple test file with only 4 points, with a date attribute showing YYYY-MM-DD, each point moving forward one day. Yet it tells me ...
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How to create an animated map
I am seeking to create an animated map illustrating the simultaneous movement of different objects across a large area over time. The display should be capable of playing automatically, or by ...
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Best way to animate radar data in openlayers
I have a project using OpenLayers which displays radar data on a map. The radar data itself is just a bunch of polygons each of which is filled with one of 6 possible colors. The goal is to animate ...
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How to animate raster time series using open-source GIS?
I have a bunch of rasters taken about 10 minutes apart, and I have a nice QGIS project that produces pretty enough maps of them. I'm wondering if there's a way to animate this raster series, with a ...
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How can I add the frequency (count) of a point shape file on an animated map?
The problem is this:
I have a crime (point) data on a map which is animated via time slider using a 1-week-period.
I see all the points I added without a problem, I also added a dynamic text ...
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Why is my animation exported from ArcGlobe not playing?
The exporting process has finished and an avi file was created. When I try playing it, it raises an error in WMP as well as VLC. VLC gives me some information: "audio or video format not supported ...
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Is it possible to add photo-realistic clouds in ArcGlobe animations?
This question asked about the best software to produce professional fly-through animations, and included a link to a nice video of the Grand Canyon.
That video includes photo-realistic clouds in the ...
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Which software to use to create professional fly-over/ fly-through animations?
I will need to create a high quality fly-over animation which penetrates the surfaces and reveals subsurface geology. The intended use is for demonstrations, presentations and a company website so it ...
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How to handle time-based raster data in the ArcGIS Server JS API
The TimeSlider functionality in the ArcGIS Server JS API is great for working with time-based vector features - you can scroll forwards and backwards through time to see the vector features which ...
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Moving graphics in Esri Flex Feature Layer
I have an ESRI Flex 2.3 FeatureLayer with some graphics in it. I am able to access the graphics geometry and parse the geometry as Esris MapPoint class for Flex Api. I am calling the update(x,y,srs) ...
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Help with joining a large dbf file to shape file
My overall objective is to create a timeline animation depicting when a person is working in a particular region. The .dbf table consists of over 6000 record entries of shift data, including date ...
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Is it possible to create animated markers in ArcMap?
I remember reading somewhere last year that arcgis 10 would allow the creation of animated markers (alike animated .gifs) that could be either exported to pdfs or seen inside arcmap.
Does such ...
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How do I create an animation in google earth using png overlays with kml timestamps?
I have the following kml files, each with a different timestamp and png:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2"
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animation of polylines in ArcGIS 10
I would like to think with all the animations out there thsi would be relatively simple but it hasn't been.
I would like to animate the movement of a stream (polyline) from one end to another, with ...
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Moving marker smoothly along two GPS coordinates
I am trying to animate a marker from one GPS coordinate to another. I am currently using Google Maps to achieve this and, although my algorithm seems right, Google Maps is doing a poor job at ...
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Open source tools for creating and publishing animated web maps?
I am interested in creating animations from observations or model predictions and then displaying these animations in a web-based viewer such as OpenLayers.
The best example I have found of this ...

