Explainers & Education · Oct 31, 2026
map explainers have been going viral for 4 years straight
map explainers have been going viral for 4 years straight by Finn. Watch the Explainers & Education video and visit the original X post.
Finn@finnardley
View on Xmap explainers have been going viral for 4 years straight they still had 0 competition because they needed an animator team and a lot of costs i made this video with claude opus in full code with 1 prompt im giving for free $0 spent on editor $0 spent on ai videos steal my prompt ↓ <inputs> Ask me for: my map story in one line (a place, border, island, route or line on the map with one surprising fact) and the length (30-45 s). If I have no idea, pitch me 3 with a hook line each and let me pick. Check every fact on Wikipedia before you write a word. </inputs> <direction> A 1920x1080 30 fps map explainer in the Johnny Harris / RealLifeLore look, made 100% in code as one HTML canvas page. Real satellite imagery for the close-ups, a vintage paper map for everything wider, red marker drawn on top. Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 tiles from EOX (CC BY 4.0, credit "Imagery: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX, contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data" small in the corner). Cut…
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