Animated Map
I just had the most crazy mapping dream I've ever had. There was a competition held by the local council to draw a map of Weymouth showing its history and development. In the dream my entry was an animated map that was more of a film that showed everything from the Roman occupation right up to the modern day - including the British civil war damage when the Royalists holed up in the town and fought the Parliamentarians (who occupied the northern half of the town) with cannon across the very tiny harbour... also the total annihilation of the southern half of the town during the WWII bombing raids... all the way up to the present day through the history of every single building that was ever built (and often destroyed) in the town, on one huge map - right up to the Olympic developments in 2012 when the town hosted the Olympic sailing events.
(Really when you consider it Weymouth has quite a violent and terrible history and is pretty lucky to still be around! LOL!)
So the idea stems from that dream (which itself was probably triggered by seeing the recent experiments with animated GIF images used in the challenges and the fact that I fell asleep listening to a medley of John Williams film music... again!)
This is the idea...
Draw a series of maps showing the passage of time with a standing camera pov.
This could be anything from a single house with a garden showing the seasonal changes, to a whole town showing the buildings appearing/falling into ruin over the years, or how a river changes course over time.
Because of the size of animated GIFs and upload limitations it couldn't be anywhere near as huge a project as the one I embarked on in my dream, but I'm hoping that it isn't too difficult to learn how to make animated GIFs... because.... well - I'd like to do it anyway
There's just a simple 'I'm in' vote on this idea.
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