{"id":2722,"date":"2016-04-08T13:17:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T13:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.animaker.com\/blog?p=2722"},"modified":"2016-07-26T08:03:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T08:03:44","slug":"11-ways-use-animated-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animaker.com\/blog\/11-ways-use-animated-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"11 brilliant ways to use animated maps in different industries."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many of us often have a difficulty in memorizing or illustrating a map because of its complexities, its changing stance and the dynamic data regarding it. <\/strong><\/p>\n

You must have a different perspective of a map, to get a deeper insight.<\/p>\n

Because, square feet, miles are just not the dimensions of a map. <\/p>\n

There is still another geographical perspective of a map, \u201cThe animated map\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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A brief on animated maps.<\/h4>\n

Norman Thrower in 1959, introduced the concept of animated mapping in \u2018Animated Cartography<\/em>\u2019 ( Cartography is the science or art of drawing maps). He highlighted on the fourth dimension of the static map, the time, a variable which can only be illustrated with Animation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Animated maps was just a restricted idea then. But, technology had swayed it to its direction and widened its scope. Even then, it had a limited scope. So, to outsource the use of this feature extensively to a wide array of internet population ( which is mostly video viewers), we thought of adding animated maps in videos. <\/p>\n

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There are endless possibilities of using \u2018animated maps\u2019 in different industries. (Education, healthcare, travel and tourism, journalism , marketing etc). <\/p>\n

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We have brainstormed our minds to give you the possible ways of using animated maps in different industries with real-time examples. This blog article will be a worthwhile reference and you can get back to this whenever you are using an animated map.<\/p>\n

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1. Census ( Computing patterns)<\/h4>\n

Illustrating country\u2019s economy over a period of time is quite a challenge. But animated maps seems to be tailored for it. Be it patterns of imports , exports, household income, productivity, economic activity or inflation<\/strong>, using animated maps as an illustrative tool seem to be a perfect solution for it.<\/p>\n

Example <\/em>: Trade imports and exports in USA during the year 1990-2000.<\/p>\n

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2. Natural Disasters<\/h4>\n

In situations when you want to relay the information of the impact of a natural disaster to the society, animated maps, especially area maps can be useful. Slide swipe maps, perspective maps, flood map, tornado impact map , earthquake magnitude map <\/strong>are some examples of this kind.<\/p>\n

3. Healthcare Domain<\/h4>\n

In healthcare domain , animated maps can be used to get an insight in situations such as health insurance costs under the federal healthcare exchanges, standardized costs, readmission rates of medicare, compare lack of insurance due to possible factors, primary health care providers etc.<\/p>\n

4. Travel and tourism.<\/h4>\n

The best trendy method to illustrate your travel itinerary is by using an animated map video. Instead of long brochures or a clumsy itinerary, a short, crisp and an attractive animated video can replace it.
\nHere is an example of an animated travel itinerary.<\/p>\n