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How to animate a GeoPath on top of a map

Howard Grigg

Posted 10 years ago

Hi there, I'm just playing with the Wolfram cloud for the first time. I've made a map of some recent travels which uses a GeoPath to draw a line over the map between the locations. GeoGraphics[{Red, GeoPath[{"Machu Pichu", "Santiago"}, "Rhumb"]}] It's basically the example code with my locations added. You can see it here. What I'm wondering now is if I can create an animation of that line over the image? I tried to look into the animate functions but couldn't see how to apply them to this situation. Any help or point in the right direction would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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Vitaliy Kaurov

Vitaliy Kaurov, WOLFRAM Research

Posted 10 years ago

Some typical example: capitals = EntityValue[CountryData["Europe"], "CapitalCity"] positions = EntityValue[capitals, "Position"]; {distance, order} = FindShortestTour[positions]; imgs = ParallelTable[ GeoGraphics[{ Red, Thick, GeoPath[positions[[order[[;; k]]]]], Red, PointSize[.02], Point[positions]}, GeoCenter -> GeoPosition[{54.78, 5.73}], GeoProjection -> "Equirectangular", GeoRange -> {{30, 83}, {-25, 40}}, ImageSize -> 500] , {k, 1, 52}] If you are working in the Wolfram Cloud: CloudExport[imgs, "GIF", Permissions -> "Public"] And for the desktop: Export["test.gif", imgs]

Some typical example:

capitals = EntityValue[CountryData["Europe"], "CapitalCity"]

positions = EntityValue[capitals, "Position"];
{distance, order} = FindShortestTour[positions];

imgs = ParallelTable[
  GeoGraphics[{
    Red, Thick, GeoPath[positions[[order[[;; k]]]]],
    Red, PointSize[.02], Point[positions]},
   GeoCenter -> GeoPosition[{54.78, 5.73}],
   GeoProjection -> "Equirectangular",
   GeoRange -> {{30, 83}, {-25, 40}},
   ImageSize -> 500]
  , {k, 1, 52}]

If you are working in the Wolfram Cloud:

CloudExport[imgs, "GIF", Permissions -> "Public"]

And for the desktop:

Export["test.gif", imgs]

enter image description here

POSTED BY: Vitaliy Kaurov

Sandu Ursu

Posted 10 years ago

The GIF was created following a relatively slow procedure: I think you may find the Manipulate/Animate more useful: Manipulate[ Show[GeoGraphics[{Red, Arrow@GeoPath[{{y1, x1}, {(y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1) (x - x1) + y1, x}}]}, GeoRange -> {{-50, 5}, {-90, -50}}], PlotRange -> {{-0.2, 0.2}, {-0.4, 0.4}}], {{x, x1 + 0.1, "Santiago"}, x1 + 0.1, x2}] Perhaps there is a better way to achieve that.

The GIF was created following a relatively slow procedure:

enter image description here

I think you may find the Manipulate/Animate more useful:

Manipulate[
 Show[GeoGraphics[{Red, 
    Arrow@GeoPath[{{y1, x1}, {(y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1) (x - x1) + y1, 
        x}}]}, GeoRange -> {{-50, 5}, {-90, -50}}], 
  PlotRange -> {{-0.2, 0.2}, {-0.4, 0.4}}], {{x, x1 + 0.1, 
   "Santiago"}, x1 + 0.1, x2}]

Perhaps there is a better way to achieve that.

POSTED BY: Sandu Ursu