Travel map animation, made personal.

Make a route people can follow

A travel map animation explains the order of a journey in a way that a collection of pins cannot. Start with two cities, add up to three more, and arrange them in the order you travelled. The preview draws a flight path between each stop and moves a marker along the route. Keep the camera following the journey for a closer view, or switch following off to see the whole trip at once. Loop playback is useful when you want to compare several routes before choosing one.

Try an animated travel map before you register

The demo above works without an account. Choose from the suggested cities or search for another city by name. The route stays in this page; changing a city resets playback so that the next preview starts at the beginning. This is a lightweight preview, separate from your saved trip. City searches and map tiles are requested from Mapbox, so an internet connection is required. The demo does not upload your photos or create a saved travel history.

Flight path animation is a visual summary

The curved lines follow great-circle paths between city coordinates. They are a visual connection between stops, not a record of the precise flight you took. They do not include airline schedules, road directions, border requirements, or live aircraft tracking. For a road trip map animation, use the cities as milestones and explain the driving route separately. Short routes with a few meaningful stops usually communicate more clearly than a map packed with every transfer and overnight stay.

Turn your own trip into an MP4

When you are ready for a downloadable video, create an account and add locations to a trip. Open its presentation and choose Export MP4. The confirmation shows the credit cost before you submit: a video export costs 50 credits. A background worker records the trip presentation and creates an MP4; once processing finishes, the export dialog offers a download button and a link you can copy. Failed generation returns the export credits automatically. Download links expire after one hour and can be refreshed by reopening the dialog.

Choose the right format for your memory

Use a route video when sequence matters: an intercity holiday, a long-distance move, or a year of flights. Use a countries-visited map when you want to show the breadth of your travels without implying a route. A states checklist is better for tracking a regional goal. You can explore these free map tools first and decide later whether a video adds something useful to the story you want to share.

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