King John
The map
The map
Map 2: a frame per day
Map 2: a frame per day
One frame per day (at twice the frame rate), changed the colour, location markers sized according to time spent at that point on that day (frame). Marker area = log (days spent there +0.5).
Map 3: a frame per year, 1199–1216
Map 3: a frame per year, 1199–1216
How I did this
How I did this
Using Python with the Pandas library for data processing, Cartopy library for mapping and ImageMagick at the command line for stitching the frames together into a gif.
Files and code for maps 1 and 2
Data (.zip, 2KB)
Frames (.zip, 2.1MB)
Frames 2 (.zip, 7.9MB)
Map example (.py, 778 bytes)
Map John (.py, 5KB)
Map John 2 (.py, 5KB)
Files for running map 3 are on my GitHub
See also
See also
JJ Crump: The Itinerary of King John and the Rotuli Litterarum Patentium
Fanny Madeline: How to map the Angevin Empire? (external PDF)