Map Animation

Map Animation is an animation tool that turns a prompt into an animated travel route map video. Map Animation generates editable animated travel route maps from a text prompt, lets users refine labels and camera moves in a studio, and exports MP4 or WebM videos up to 4K and 60 fps from the browser.

Map Animation is a browser-based tool that builds animated maps from a written prompt. The user lists places in travel order, describes the route, labels and camera movement, and an AI agent writes a complete editable MapLibre animation program. The result opens in a studio where it can be previewed and adjusted before it is turned into a video file. The tool is aimed at people who tell stories with geography: travel filmmakers, creators of history explainers, anyone producing route recaps for a trip, and educators or storytellers who need a moving map rather than a static one. Starter prompts cover cases such as a cinematic tour, a fixed-camera route reveal, a coast to coast road trip, a night train across Europe or a Nordic winter story, which gives newcomers a sense of what to ask for. In practice, the workflow has three stages. First, the user describes the route and picks an aspect ratio: 16:9 landscape, 9:16 portrait or 1:1 square. Second, the generated project can be refined through chat revisions and visual edits, including title, pacing, accent colour, sequence, labels and a timeline for cinematic camera moves. Third, the animation is recorded in the browser and exported as MP4 or WebM, with selectable resolution up to 4K and frame rates up to 60 fps, depending on browser support and device performance. Country borders and highlighted areas can be requested where boundary data exists, though historical borders depend on verified historical geometry. Credits are central to the model. A free account receives a one-time AI credit allowance, and generation and chat revisions consume it, while previewing, visual editing and video export do not. Compared with general video editors or broad AI video generators, Map Animation is narrow by design: it produces geographically accurate, editable map sequences instead of synthetic footage, which suits users who care about real coordinates and routes more than visual effects.