Easyimate / Map animation
Map animation, from a sentence
Describe the map video you need — a trade route, a company's locations, where a story happens. Easyimate draws the countries and states from real boundary data, animates routes and labels, and adds narration, music and captions. No keyframes, no map software.
1 free video · No credit card · 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:3
The Silk Road: a 50-second map video from a one-paragraph brief, unedited. Borders come from real map data. It used 50 seconds of plan time: about $0.81 on the Creator plan.
From a brief to a map video
The text behind the example above, shortened.
“A 45-second animated map video about the Silk Road, for a history YouTube channel. Start on a dark world map, zoom to China and highlight it, then draw the main route stroke by stroke with a glowing line and a moving caravan dot from Chang'an (Xi'an) through Dunhuang, Kashgar, Samarkand and Baghdad to Constantinople, labelling each city as the line reaches it… Calm documentary narration, accurate geography from real map data, warm gold route on deep blue.”
Map videos people make
Anything where the place is part of the story.
History and geography
Empires, trade routes, migrations and borders changing over time, for lessons and YouTube.
How the Silk Road connected China to Europe.
Travel
A trip told stop by stop, with the route drawing itself between cities.
Our two weeks across Japan, city by city.
Business
Where you operate, where you are expanding, or how a delivery network works.
Now serving 12 states: here is where we move people.
News and explainers
Where something happened and why it matters, with the places highlighted and labelled.
Where the storm made landfall, and why.
Locations
Your offices, stores or service areas pinned on a country or state map.
Our five stores across Texas.
How it works
Describe the map
Name the places, the route or the data, the length and the look. Attach your logo if it is a brand video.
Check the plan
Read the narration line by line and see key frames of the map. Ask for changes for free until it is right.
Get the video
An MP4 up to 4K with voiceover, music and an SRT caption file. We email you when it's ready.
Accurate borders
Countries, US states and coastlines from public map data, cities placed by coordinates.
Your style
Dark documentary, clean flat, hand-drawn on a whiteboard, or your brand colours.
Voice and captions
Natural voices in 12 languages, with captions in the same language.
Easyimate or a map animation tool?
| Easyimate | Travel map apps and map animation tools | |
|---|---|---|
| You give it | A sentence or a script | Points, routes and settings you place by hand |
| You get | A finished video with narration, music, captions and other scenes around the map | A map clip to edit into your own video |
| Map types | Country, state and world maps; routes; highlighted regions; city pins and labels | Often satellite and 3D terrain, GPS tracks |
| Best for | Explainers, lessons, history and business videos | Travel vlogs with real terrain |
Need satellite imagery or a recorded GPS track? A dedicated travel map app is the better fit. See also motion graphics and text to animation.
Questions
How do I make an animated map video?
Describe the video: which countries, states or cities, the route or the story, how long it should be and the look you want. Easyimate writes the narration and plans each scene, shows you key frames to check, and then animates the map with voiceover, music and captions. You can change the plan for free before the video is made.
Are the maps accurate?
Yes. Countries, US states and coastlines are drawn from real boundary data (Natural Earth and US Census map files), and cities are placed by latitude and longitude with the same map projection. The look is up to you: flat, dark, hand-drawn on a whiteboard or styled to your brand colours.
Can it animate a travel route?
Yes. A route can draw itself between cities with a moving marker, labels appear as it reaches each stop, and the camera can zoom from the whole world to a region. Easyimate makes narrated map explainers; it does not import GPS tracks or use satellite imagery or Street View.
Can I make vertical map videos for TikTok or Shorts?
Yes. Pick 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, 16:9 for YouTube, or 1:1 and 4:3. The map and labels are laid out for the format you choose.
How much does it cost?
You pay for the finished length. The first video is free (up to 2 minutes, 720p, small watermark). Plans start at $19 a month for 15 minutes of video, up to 4K with no watermark. How that compares with a studio.
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