Morphing a Map Over Time

[Midgardsormr]

I'm not so sure about the flash thing. Gif's 256 color limit for something like this really should be enough,

If you want a simple line map with solid fills, sure. Antialiasing really eats up your colors, though, and if you want to do something fancy like Mercator-style faded edge political borders, then you're into gradients, which take still more colors. To say nothing of using a shaded relief map underneath. Gif might be an okay place to start, but I think its limits will come into play very quickly.

'Tis true that there are some accessibility issues with Flash. The development problems aren't a big deal, though, really. As long you're not creating an interface or doing something fancy like that, it's pretty easy to get along with: vector drawing tools and keyframe animation. Only a bit tougher than learning Inkscape or Illustrator, in my opinion.

[RobA]

It is also possible to do image overlays using css and javascript.

-Rob A>

[rekaj]

Wow, this is all so much for me to take in! I have read all the options. I must apologize to say i really don't have any clue where to start. I know some flash and i am a programmer so i can work with javascripting.

Any suggestions on where to begin making these maps? what might be a good beginner step?

RobA, i'd also be interested in learning more about how you do it with Javascript/example you might have...

rekaj