New Viral Maps

The Leaflet TimeDimension plug-in allows yous to animate layers on a Leaflet map inwards a publish of unlike ways inwards gild to present changes inwards information over time. The examples page includes a publish of unlike maps showing how the plug-in tin hold out used inwards lots of unlike ways.

H5N1 novel Oil Spill Simulation provides a corking demonstration of how the plug-in tin hold out used to animate a polygon on a Leaflet map. When yous press play on the map the polygon flows in addition to grows on the map, form of reminiscent of a virus moving around, every bit seen through a microscope.

In this demo map the plug-in is existence used to copy the trajectory of a hypothetical fossil oil fall over time. There is something wonderfully organic near the resulting animation. The animated polygon characteristic of the plug-in mightiness accept express purpose cases, but I tin meet it existence useful, especially for mapping pollution over time. Not merely inwards the instance of fossil oil spills, but every bit good to present the spread of noise or air pollution over the shape of 24 hours or a calendar week or whatever other fourth dimension period.

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