4D Data in ArcGIS Explorer

4D Data in ArcGIS Explorer - Timeline

"Time Navigator can animate any ESRI Shapefile with point geometry and a timestamp field. The timestamp fields can be date, numeric or textual. Time Navigator is developed as a custom task for ArcGIS Explorer build 410 and can be downloaded from downloaded from ArcScripts (source code is included)." mrrichie


Source: Ogle Earth

Animated Features in Google Earth

Using the Time Element it is possible to Animate features within Google Earth 4 (Beta 6).
version 4.0.2091+


This Ferris wheel in Vienna is animated by time in Google Earth
KMZ for Google Earth Beta 4 here

Top Tip
Select the clock button on the left of the time slider to bring up a panel to adjust the Animation Speed.