Interactive and Animated Cartography

ARTICLE ABOUT INTERACTIVE/ANIMATED CARTOGRAPHY
This research article is about an exploratory data analysis software system that has been developed by the authors of the article. The software is called Descartes. Descartes (formerly called IRIS) is a software system designed to support visual exploration of spatially referenced data such as demographic, economic, or cultural information about geographical objects or locations such as countries, districts, or cities. Descartes offers two integrated services: automated presentation of data on maps, and facilities to interactively manipulate these maps. This software allows for the creation of automated maps and maps that users can interact with by manipulating data or parts of data sets. The article has many good tables and example figures describing how to make decisions about how to visualize and symbolize data types, how to choose the right combination of visualization types, and an example of the look and feel of the software. The article concludes by expressing the hope that they made more clear the idea of what interactive and animated maps are and why they are useful. Here is a link to the article.


EXAMPLE OF INTERACTIVE MAP WEBSITE
The web site I found that uses interactive mapping is MapQuest. It creates maps and directions for locations chosen and entered by a user. MapQuest allows users to enter a location name, a street address or intersection, or a city or zip code and then creates a map of that area. It also allows users to enter a beginning location and a destination and then draws out direction on how to get to the destination.
Here is a link to the page of direction from my House in South Reno to the University.