One map animation generator, two kinds of map: satellite map animations filmed over real satellite imagery, and SVG map animations drawn as clean vector graphics. Name the places in order and the AI finds them, traces the real roads or historical routes between them, and animates the journey — a dive from orbit and a glowing light that follows the route on a satellite map, or route traces, region reveals, and data colors on an SVG map.
HTML video mode
Filmed over real satellite imagery with real routes, a glowing marker, and a follow camera. Use a prompt to make your own satellite map video.
A satellite map video of a road trip along China's National Highway 318 (Sichuan–Tibet route): dive from orbit onto Chengdu, then follow a glowing light along the real road through Ya'an, Kangding, Litang, Batang, Markam, Baxoi and Nyingchi to Lhasa, with a pin and name at each stop, a live mileage counter beside the light, and a final pull-back showing the whole route and total distance.
A satellite map video of the European theater of World War II: start over Europe, close in on Stalingrad (1943), draw the Soviet advance as a red arrow through Kursk and Warsaw toward Berlin, then the Allied advance as a blue arrow from the Normandy landings (June 1944) through Paris, and end with both fronts converging on Berlin in May 1945, with dates on each key place.
A satellite map video of the First Crusade: begin at the Council of Clermont in 1095, follow a glowing route across Europe to Constantinople (1096), then on through Nicaea (1097) and Antioch (1098) to Jerusalem (1099), pausing at each stop with its year, and finish on a wide view of the whole route from France to the Holy Land.
SVG animation mode
Lightweight vector maps with route traces, region reveals, and data colors that scale to any size and embed in any web page.
An SVG map animation of international flights from Shanghai: a dark navy dot-matrix world map centered on the Pacific, Shanghai glowing gold as the hub, then eight great-circle routes draw out one after another to London, Moscow, Dubai, Johannesburg, Singapore, Sydney, Los Angeles and New York, each with a small white plane flying along the line and a cyan pulse plus city label when it lands.
An SVG choropleth map animation of China's population by province from the 2020 census: on a warm paper background, provinces fill in from west to east with six color bins from pale yellow (under 10 million) to deep red (over 100 million), a legend fades in, then a bar chart of the five most populous provinces — Guangdong, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Sichuan — grows on the right with numbered markers on the map.
An antique-style SVG map animation of the Silk Road: an aged parchment map of Eurasia with wave-pattern seas, ink coastlines and a compass rose; a camel caravan travels west along a red ink route from Chang'an through Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Kashgar, Samarkand, Baghdad and Constantinople to Rome, and each city gets a red seal stamp and a calligraphy-style name as the caravan arrives.
An SVG map animation of the Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation (1519–1522) on a sepia antique world map with graticule and hatched oceans: a small sailing ship traces the voyage from Seville across the Atlantic, through the Strait of Magellan, across the Pacific to Guam and the Philippines, then around the Cape of Good Hope back to Spain, with dated labels for each milestone, including Magellan's death at Mactan in 1521.
An SVG map animation of the order in which the 50 US states joined the Union, 1787–1959: on a dark background, each state flashes white and then fills with its era color (original 13, 1791–1850, 1851–1900, 1901–1959) in the year it was admitted, while a marker slides along a timeline at the bottom and the era legend appears as each era begins, ending with Alaska and Hawaii in 1959.
A dark tech-style SVG map animation of China's main high-speed rail corridors (schematic): a deep navy China map with a glowing cyan outline; seven colored corridors light up one by one — Beijing–Shanghai, Beijing–Guangzhou, Beijing–Harbin, Shanghai–Kunming, Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu, the Eurasian Land Bridge to Ürümqi and the coastal line — with city nodes popping in, train lights running along each line and a legend listing the corridors.
An SVG map animation of day and night on the June solstice: an equirectangular world map where the night side, with soft twilight bands, sweeps from east to west in a seamless 24-hour loop; city lights glow only inside the night side, the sun moves along the Tropic of Cancer, the Arctic stays lit while the Antarctic stays dark, and a UTC dial in the corner turns once per day.
A clean light infographic SVG map animation of major shipping lanes from China: a white world map with soft shadows on a pale blue ocean, centered on the Pacific; three color-coded lanes draw in with container ships sailing along them — Asia–Europe from Shanghai through the Strait of Malacca and the Suez Canal to Rotterdam, Trans-Pacific from Shanghai to Los Angeles, and the crude oil route from Ras Tanura to Ningbo-Zhoushan — with port markers and a legend.
A playful SVG map animation that assembles China like a jigsaw puzzle: on a cream background, all provincial-level divisions fly in from outside with a little rotation and a springy bounce, from west to east, colored in bright pastels so neighbors never share a color; then province names appear and counters show 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities and 2 special administrative regions.
How it works
Three steps. No drawing, keyframes or coding.
Step 1: Pick the map type: HTML video for a satellite map animation, or SVG animation for an SVG map animation
Step 2: List the places in order and say what should happen at each stop — the AI locates them, traces real roads or historical routes, and animates the route, pins, labels, and mileage
Step 3: Preview the result, ask for changes in plain language, then export: satellite map animations as MP4, SVG map animations as HTML, GIF, or MP4
Use cases
Turn a road trip into a satellite map animation: a dive from orbit, a light that follows the real highway through mountains and valleys, and a mileage counter that grows with every stop. Ideal for National Highway 318, Route 66, Iceland's Ring Road, cycling and hiking routes, and travel vlog intros.
Explain campaigns, invasions, migrations, and expeditions with advancing fronts, army routes, and dated places — on real terrain as a satellite map animation, or as a clean SVG map animation for slides. Great for World War II, the Crusades, the Silk Road, the Long March, and history channels.
Teach geography with animated maps: follow a river from source to sea on satellite imagery, or reveal provinces, climate zones, and trade routes step by step on an SVG map. Teachers and course creators get a clear, accurate map animation instead of a static textbook map.
Make SVG map animations for choropleths, regional dashboards, coverage maps, and store networks that embed cleanly in reports and web pages, or show delivery routes, shipping lanes, and market expansion as a satellite map animation.
Why it works
Switch between satellite map animation and SVG map animation with one click. Same prompt, same places — choose real imagery or clean vector maps.
Satellite map animations are filmed over real imagery, from continent-wide views down to city streets, sharpening level by level as the camera zooms in.
Routes follow the actual roads between your places, with real kilometers per leg. Flights, sea crossings, and historical campaigns use smooth arcs instead.
A glowing marker drives the route while the camera follows like a drone; pins drop as it arrives, labels name each stop or date, and the mileage rolls up to the total distance.
Generate SVG map animations with route traces, region reveals, choropleth data maps, and interactive maps that scale to any size, load instantly, and embed in any web page.
Add AI narration in your language to satellite map videos and export them as MP4; export SVG map animations as HTML, GIF, or MP4 for social media, courses, and presentations.
The basics
A map animation shows movement or change on a map over time: a route that draws itself, a marker travelling between places, regions lighting up, or data spreading across a country. It turns "where" into a story viewers can follow, and this generator makes it in two styles.
Satellite map animation films that story over real satellite imagery. The camera dives from high above to a place, follows a glowing marker along the real road or historical route, pauses at each stop, and pulls back to reveal the whole journey. Places are looked up automatically, driving routes and distances are real, and the mileage counts up with the marker — viewers instantly recognize the mountains, coastlines, rivers, and cities.
SVG map animation draws the map as vector graphics instead: routes trace, regions fill, and data colors spread on a clean map that scales to any size, stays lightweight, and can be embedded in web pages or made interactive. Use satellite map animations for travel, history, and documentary storytelling, and SVG map animations for diagrams, data stories, and web graphics.
FAQ
Answers to the questions people ask most before they start.
It turns a description of places and routes into an animated map. This one makes two kinds: satellite map animations filmed over real satellite imagery, and SVG map animations drawn as vector graphics. You describe the journey in plain language; it handles geocoding, routing, map imagery, animation, and timing, so no GIS or video editing skills are needed.
A satellite map animation (HTML video mode) is a film over real satellite imagery with camera moves, real routes, live mileage, and optional narration, exported as MP4. An SVG map animation (SVG animation mode) is a lightweight vector map — route traces, region fills, data maps, or clickable interactive maps — that scales to any size and embeds directly in web pages.
Select HTML video at the top of this page, list your stops in order (for example Chengdu, Kangding, Litang, Lhasa), and describe what should happen at each one. The AI finds the places, traces the real road between them, and films the whole trip, which you can then refine and export as MP4.
Select SVG animation at the top of this page and describe the map: the region, the route or areas to highlight, the order things appear, and any data to color in. The AI generates an animated SVG map you can preview, edit in plain language, embed in a web page, or export as GIF or MP4.
In satellite map animations, driving routes follow the real road network between your places, and the mileage on screen comes from those routes. For flights, sea crossings, or historical campaigns, the route is drawn as a smooth arc and the distance is measured as the crow flies.
Yes. Describe the places, dates, and sides, and the AI draws advancing fronts or campaign routes with each key place labeled by year — on real terrain as a satellite map animation, or as an SVG map animation. The satellite examples on this page show the European theater of World War II and the route of the First Crusade.
Yes. Satellite map animations export as MP4, and SVG map animations can be exported as HTML, GIF, or MP4, ready for social media, video editors, web pages, and presentations.
Describe it in a sentence and get an editable animation you can export as HTML, GIF or MP4.