Animate Maps with Plotly Express

Invigorate Your Infographics!

Lee Vaughan
Towards Data Science
9 min readJul 11, 2023

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Selected states colored by the year they entered the union (all images by the author unless otherwise noted)

Animated maps are a great tool for grabbing attention and conveying information. Whether you’re a businessperson preparing a presentation, a journalist preparing infographics, or a teacher preparing class lessons, animations will increase your audience’s engagement, focus, and level of retention. And even if you don’t plan to show a live animation, the…

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Author of “Python Tools for Scientists,” “Impractical Python Projects,” and “Real World Python.” Former Senior Principal Scientist for ExxonMobil.