[GIS] Open source tools for creating and publishing animated web maps

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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 functionality is at:

In my opinion, the user interface is very unintuitive. The steps required to get an animated map are:

  1. Select a layer from the tree browser on the left.
  2. Click on a day in the calendar on the right.
  3. Click on the link labeled "first frame" which is to the left of the calendar.
  4. Choose another day from the calendar and click on the link labeled "last frame".
  5. A "create animation" link will pop up- click on that to generate the animation.

What open source toolkits are available with support for visualizing and animating time series? On the front-end I am looking to display the results in a Google Maps-style viewer as that is what most people are familiar with. The back-end is wide open.

Best Answer

If you can put your data into JSON, KML, or GeoRSS then timemap handles time in a very elegant way.

UPDATE: Other options to consider:

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