Cartographic Animations

http://geology.com/hurricanes/hurricane-names.shtml

Cartographic Animations are used to show maps as an animation, much like a moving picture in geography. Cartographic Animations are very useful in showing the movement of an object over a landmass, like the above example of a hurricane nearing the United States. Or cartographic animations could be used to show a flood plain, and how it is effected by rising river levels.