http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfM8uKEfSyM
Animation with the help of OpenWebGIS http://opengis.dlinkddns.com/ of Historical North Atlantic Hurricane Tracks 1851-2004. OpenWebGIS is open and free online geographical information system. See interactive map http://opengis.dlinkddns.com/gis/opengis_eng.html?openwebgis=U5lkC4x9ziTcbotw9k6roZbt4Fm6qbFb7Rmy.
1. Select the name of layer Hurricanes1851-2004 in /Editable Layer/ drop-down list, 2. Click on menu item /View/-> /Time Line/, 3. In opened popup window select the field with date – DATEYEAR, 4. You can move this window if you select menu item /Interface/-> /Switch to interface drag/, 5. Specify suitable for you parameters of animation and press the play button , 6. Next to each segment of the track the wind speed WIND_MPH is labeled, 7. You can change the legend of the layer if you click on a word legend under the layer name in the list on the left of the map and then click on the drop-down list. Information of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center. Online_Linkage: http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html Shapefile was downloaded from http://www.mapcruzin.com/ For more comfortable work in OpenWebGIS in the attributive table the columns link1, link2 и dateyear, date were added with the dates in the standard format ISO 8601. For more information on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, please see: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml For more information on tropical cyclone advisories, please see: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/forecast/forecast_products.shtml. The detailed video about track of Hurricane_Katrina in august 2005 you can see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfM8uKEfSyM