Examples
Map video examples
Every video here is a project you can open in the editor and make your own: change the places, the words and the timing, keep the look. Each page shows what makes the look work and when to use it.
Vertical videos
Finished vertical videos for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, each with its own design system and camera plan.
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The Strait of Hormuz Explainer · 9:16 · 30 s -
Africa at its true size Geography · 9:16 · 20 s -
Sài Gòn at 3 AM City · 9:16 · 20 s -
Việt Nam, one long curve Travel · 9:16 · 40 s -
How the Panama Canal lifts ships Engineering · 9:16 · 30 s -
How far Rome reached History · 9:16 · 30 s -
Iceland, fire and ice Travel · 9:16 · 25 s -
Palm Jumeirah, grown from the sea Travel · 9:16 · 23 s
Narrated YouTube videos
Longer 16:9 videos for YouTube, with the picture timed to a voice-over line by line.
Looks
Five-second tests of a design system, with when to use each one on the map styles page. Keep the look and put your own places on it.
After Effects tutorials, rebuilt
Popular After Effects map tutorials, rebuilt by hand in the Maptake editor with no After Effects and no plugin.
