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Fly-through Animation of Olympic National Park

Flythrough animations, the most common type of animated maps, take the viewer on a virtual journey over a simulated landscape created from digital elevation data and satellite images. Typical uses are movies shown in visitor centers or introductory screens on digital kiosks. Rotating globes are a popular item.

Quicktime animation of Olympic National Park

Olympic National Park Quicktime Animation »

Animated Map of Glaciation in Yosemite National Park

Animated maps also depict thematic information with motion, like showing continental drift on a world map, the advance and retreat of glaciers, or battlefield troop movements.

Quicktime animation of glaciation in Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park Quicktime Animation »

  
Author: Harpers Ferry Center
Last Updated: Monday, 16-Apr-2007 11:43:53 Eastern Daylight Time
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