Given a shapefile with time-annotated vector objects (e.g., building footprints + construction year), this python script will automatically create an animated GIF illustrating the dynamics for a user-specified period of time, using geopandas, matplotlib and PIL.
Data source:
Uhl, J. H., & Leyk, S. (2022). MTBF-33: A multi-temporal building footprint dataset for 33 counties in the United States (1900-2015). Data in Brief 43:108369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108369