An animated map of nuclear explosions, from 1945-1998, via BoingBoing.

"They had one of those animated maps up on the video screen."

An animated map which illustrates changing life expectancy across the UK for males and females.

Rees clung to the tree rim, his world spread out like an animated map.

The most visually arresting is an animated map at utip.gov.utexas.edu, which shows how per capita income by county has changed over time.

I did check out the Arbor Foundation's animated map.

The concept of animated maps began in the 1930s, but did not become more developed by cartographers until the 1950s (Slocum et al. 2005).

With the growth of animated mapping came the development of guidelines for creating animated maps.

The use of the Internet has allowed animated maps to become interactive.

Bring history to life with animated maps, movies, games, picture galleries, virtual 3D tours and programme clips.