Animated maps, like the one you see below, provide a powerful enhancement to show how data evolves over time. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to use R with
the ggmap, tidyverse, and gganimate libraries
to produce animated maps like you see below. This animated map displays wildfire activity in the State of California from 1980 – 2016. Each fire is depicted with a point and is further enhanced through the use of color coding and sizing to depict the size
of the wildfire.