panning_mapview.py

from kivy.app import App
from kivy.lang import Builder
from kivy.clock import Clock
from kivy.animation import Animation

from kivy.garden.mapview import MapView
print("A")
# Animate moving around on a map
kv = """
FloatLayout:
    MapView:
        id: animated_widget
        lat: 32
        lon: -110
        zoom: 10
        on_lat:
            self.center_on(self.lat, self.lon)
        on_lon:
            self.center_on(self.lat, self.lon)
"""

kv = Builder.load_string(kv)

class MainApp(App):
    def build(self):
        return kv

    def on_start(self):
        Clock.schedule_interval(self.animate, 2)

    def animate(self, *args):
        mapview = self.root.ids.animated_widget
        old_lon = mapview.lon
        print(old_lon)
        anim = Animation(lon=old_lon-.5)
        anim.start(self.root.ids.animated_widget)

MainApp().run()