Investigate cross-fading tiles on time step

[jasontk19]

What existing feature could be improved?
The appearance of animation could be improved by crossfading tiles when stepping forward/backward in time to create a smoother transition. Since OpenLayers doesn't support something like this out of the box, it seems like the most obvious approach is to insert the layer for the next/prev time step below the current layer (for each visible layer), then fade the opacity of the current layer to reveal the new one underneath. This approach may not be sustainable for many layers or high step/frame rates and needs to be investigated further.

[jasontk19]

Moved to JIRA