1. A method, comprising: performing, by a computing device: displaying a particular map view of a map in a map display, wherein said map view comprises two-dimensional map image data, and wherein in the particular map view, the map is rendered from a particular vantage point and a particular direction in a virtual space; obtaining input selecting another map view of the map, wherein said other map view comprises two-dimensional map image data, and wherein in the other map view, the map is rendered from a different vantage point in the virtual space or from a different direction in the virtual space than the map is rendered from in the particular map view; and in response to the input, displaying an animation transitioning in the virtual space from the displayed map view to the selected map view, comprising: determining a spatial relationship between the map image data of the displayed map view and the map image data of the selected map view in the virtual space; projecting the map image data of the displayed map view and the map image data of the selected map view in the virtual space according to the determined spatial relationship; matching pixel data of the projected map image data of the displayed map view and the projected map image data of the selected map view; blending the matched image data of the displayed map view and the map image data of the selected map view to generate a plurality of map views with different viewpoints in the virtual space between the displayed map view and the selected map view to render the transition animation to illustrate moving in the virtual space from the particular vantage point and the particular direction of the displayed map view to the different vantage point or the different direction of the selected map view; and displaying the selected map view in the map display.