how do you make this zoom in map effect?

[James Strawn]

There’s not a lot of zoom-in on that example (like from space to street level, as you often see these days), so you can probably just get a high res map image and then animate its motion properties until you get the smooth sort of motion + zoom you’re looking for. After Effects will give you a lot more control but has a steeper learning curve, IMO. You’ll need it if you wan to get very sophisticated like they did with the snake and other elements all in motion. But if you just want to pan and zoom on a map, PrPro can do that well enough. Either way, I always recommend using anchor point parameters for the xy motion (as opposed to position), because you usually end up with smoother motion in the end that way, especially if you’re animating rotation, scale, etc.. at the same time.

[Dennis Radeke]

In addition to James’ response, the only other thing I could add is that they made Google Earth Pro free which is what all of the news companies use for their geo-stories.

https://www.google.com/earth/download/gep/agree.html

If you want exactly what the video has, James’ response is more appropriate.

[Constance Liong]

thanks it worked.