How to Create Animated Flight Lines in QGIS

Animated Flight Lines in QGIS
This guide by Spatial Thoughts explores how to create animated flight lines in QGIS, enabling users to visualize geospatial data dynamically. The tutorial demonstrates step-by-step how to animate the movement of points along flight paths, leveraging QGIS's Temporal Controller and Processing Toolbox.

Key Highlights:
Data Preparation: Structuring spatial data with attributes like coordinates, timestamps, and paths.
Tool Usage: Employing QGIS's tools such as Geometry Generation, Temporal Controller, and Symbology settings for animation.
Output: Exporting animations as video or GIFs to effectively communicate spatial trends and patterns.
The method combines cartography and data visualization to present movement data interactively, making it ideal for projects involving air traffic, migration paths, or dynamic route analysis.
Script CRS:
+proj=ortho +lat_0=33.18 +lon_0=-6.62 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs