Check here for a Python script for creating an animated GIF, given a shapefile with time-annotated vector objects (e.g., building footprints and construction year).
Animations
- Here is some sample code that uses Mapbox GL JS to export an animated wildfire progression map as an mp4 video file.
- River Runner is an application that visualizes the path of a rain droplet from any point in the world to its end point (usually an ocean or an inland water feature).
- Check out this tutorial on how to visualize your Strava data in QGIS.