We’re excited to introduce Animations for the Location Map—a new feature designed to help newsroom staff create more dynamic and engaging maps for their audiences.
News happens fast, and our animated maps help ensure your visual storytelling keeps up with the pace. Whether it’s breaking news or ongoing events, map animations will enhance your ability to show where stories are unfolding.
With this update, you can now easily add animations to the location map template, making your maps more interactive and visually compelling.
Key Features for animated maps:
- Engaging Animations: Add movement to your maps to help audiences better understand where news events are happening, providing a deeper context to your stories.
- Zoom & Fly Effects: Zoom into specific map markers or create a ‘fly-around’ effect between different locations, offering a dynamic presentation of unfolding news.
- Easy-to-Use: Place keyframes on a timeline to build custom animations with ease—no training required.
- Create in One Place, Publish to Multiple Platforms: Design your animated maps once and seamlessly publish them to various platforms, including online sites and TV formats.
By integrating these animations, your maps will provide a richer, more engaging visual format that draws audiences into your journalistic output.
See how it works
For the map in this article, we used the recent breaking news of the Baltimore bridge collapse. As the story continues to unfold, a new development—where a Utah lawmaker was criticized for linking DEI initiatives to the collapse—has brought the incident back into the spotlight for news organizations.
Watch this video to see how the animated map above was created
Learn more about how to create location maps in our knowledge base.
Seamlessly Repurpose Maps for TV and Online Audiences
Creating maps for multiple platforms can be a complex challenge, but now it’s easier than ever. This video demonstrates how you can seamlessly use your map as both an over-the-shoulder graphic and a full screen graphic—perfect for capturing the attention of your TV audience. Discover tips for maximizing your map’s versatility across different platforms, ensuring that your content not only looks great online but also enhances your TV broadcasts.
Interested in learning more about our maps? Book a demo with Mark
Note: Location maps are available for customers on the Enterprise plan.
