Abstract
Dynamic mapping is a cartographic concept used to depict dynamic spatial phenomena or to present spatial information in a dynamic way. It summarizes various cartographic presentation methods which incorporate the dimension of time into a map. These methods are time-series maps, time-composite maps, environmental change maps, maps with time-related charts, and vector and flow maps, all of which are used for static presentation (static maps), and cartographic film and computer animation, both of which are applied in dynamic presentation (dynamic maps). Dynamic mapping originally served the purpose of showing spatial processes on maps, but since the 1990s computer animation has expanded this concept to include, for example, the dynamic presentation of spatial data, such as the successive display of map objects. Computer animation, especially interactive animation, has improved dynamic visualization of spatial data for demonstration purposes as well as for exploration tasks. Future developments in the early twenty-first century may be in the area of virtual reality, which will add more vividness and interactivity to dynamic mapping.
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