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License free is tricky, even the free ones probably have attribution rights. I've had access to Digimap through uni before for basic mapping and I think it's now open source.
https://open.ed.ac.uk/digimap-geography-mapping/ no animation with it though.is she familiar with Adobe? You can get plugins for Aftereffects-Geolayers for example-that I've seen people use, or when I was at uni I'm pretty sure Google gave institutions free access to Google Earth Pro that also has animation/mapping tools.
Also possible to do map animations with Sketchup by importing tiles but think the resolution/scaling might be a bit shit for what you're after and again, it's just imported tiles from Google Earth.
There's also more complex plugins for Cinema 4D/Rhino that have a higher production value but would take a lot more time to pick up.
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What are the best (most attractive results/ease of use) license-free mapping tools for creating maps and potentially map animations? My OH is doing some work mapping events and locations; thus far she's been using Google maps, but might need something license-free (or something that her academic institution's likely to have a license for) to develop it further in the near future.