This is a neat project - the different heatmaps are an intuitive way to present the data. However, I really think these need a date slider or some other way to

This is a neat project - the different heatmaps are an intuitive way to present the data. However, I really think these need a date slider or some other way to control the animation. I've made a few projects like this and have come to the realization that animation without a method for "scrubbing" ends up requiring you to wait around to see the data you're interested in - this pretty much makes it just a "cool movie" and not a tool which lends itself to any real analysis. Adding a date slider would be a pretty simple change that would add a lot to this visualization - see for example http://labs.enigma.io/climate-change-map/ http://labs.enigma.io/climate-change-map/ Edit: also just noticed a bug - If you click the animate button, it doesn't turn into a "pause" button. If you click Animate twice, the dates start jumping around strangely.