r-tmap/tmap

tm_animate does not return anything for rendered documents (e.g., rmd, qmd, reprex)

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#1,150 opened on Jun 25, 2025

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Description

It would be great if it would render the animation directly in the qmd/rmd output.

library(tmap)
library(spData)

tm_shape(nz) +
  tm_polygons() +
  tm_animate("Name")

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Research direction
Investigate how tmap renders static maps in R Markdown/Quarto and adapt the 'tm animate' function to produce animated graphics (e.g., using gif or htmlwidgets) in those environments.
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data visualization
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