WebGL for Google Maps API v3
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Radiante
Feb 5, 2011, 11:59:06 AM2/5/11
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How can I use WebGL (Google Chrome 9) for rendering Google Maps API
v3 ? Or how soon will be supports a WebGL for google maps api for 2D
and 3D ?
v3 ? Or how soon will be supports a WebGL for google maps api for 2D
and 3D ?
Radiante
Feb 6, 2011, 12:41:27 PM2/6/11
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please answer anyone
geoco...@gmail.com
Feb 6, 2011, 1:58:00 PM2/6/11
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On Feb 6, 9:41 am, Radiante <Ale_ve...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> please answer anyone
The lack of a response tends to mean noone that read the post knows
the answer.
The question itself doesn't make sense to me.
-- Larry
> please answer anyone
The lack of a response tends to mean noone that read the post knows
the answer.
The question itself doesn't make sense to me.
-- Larry
Radiante
Feb 6, 2011, 2:47:05 PM2/6/11
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Why? For example. hardware acceleration via WebGL can up performance
for rendering thousands markers and become a better method than Fusion
Tables and privide 3D mode with greater performance. In addition, all
this will work on mobile devices, iphone and ipad. So it very
important question!
On Feb 6, 9:58 pm, "geocode...@gmail.com" <geocode...@gmail.com>
wrote:
for rendering thousands markers and become a better method than Fusion
Tables and privide 3D mode with greater performance. In addition, all
this will work on mobile devices, iphone and ipad. So it very
important question!
On Feb 6, 9:58 pm, "geocode...@gmail.com" <geocode...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Chris Broadfoot
Feb 7, 2011, 2:17:35 AM2/7/11
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WebGL is not yet widely supported. Once it is, there is certainly a possibility that the Maps API will use it for rendering. As you note, this would open up many possibilities for the API.
Chris
Luke Mahé
Feb 7, 2011, 3:35:50 AM2/7/11
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Also, WebGL is used in Street view if you are using a browser that supports it.
-- Luke
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Chris Broadfoot <cb...@google.com> wrote:
WebGL is not yet widely supported. Once it is, there is certainly a possibility that the Maps API will use it for rendering. As you note, this would open up many possibilities for the API.Chris
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Radiante
Feb 9, 2011, 2:52:34 AM2/9/11
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Thx!
Klokan Petr Pridal
Feb 10, 2011, 3:46:58 AM2/10/11
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WebGL is really impressive technology for online mapping applications.
We were playing with WebGL as part of our R&D activities and the result is now released as an open-source project:
WebGL Earth: Free and open-source 3D virtual globe for web and mobile devices
It is an exciting project from technical point of view, also because we are using the Closure Compiler from Google, which is behind Google Maps and Google Maps API too.
I would love to use Google Maps data with this project, but because there is no direct access to tiles (http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=1396) it seems it is not possible at the moment as it would be against the TOS. Is there any way how to use Google Maps API with this kind of project?
Any feedback is welcome.
Kind regards,
Petr Pridal
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Klokan Technologies GmbH, Switzerland
archinform
Feb 10, 2011, 3:49:47 AM2/10/11
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Hi Radiante,
WebGL would indeed allow an easy and fast implementation of "Google
Earth" in your webbrowser. Together with Websockets (a new standard
for a persistent connection between client & server) it is possible
right now to develop a real good 3D solution of gmaps/earth. And I'm
pretty sure, that some Google guys already working on that ;)
Both techniques are still not usable in a production environment, but
it's just a matter of time and hopefully Microsoft doesn't wait again
to long to support these stuff.
Right now, You can build your own 3D map web application from scratch
(with an WebGL framework, a geo library and a tileserver). As
tileserver You should use OSM, because (as far as I know) Google
doesn't allow to use their maptiles outside of their apps.
Sascha
On 9 Feb., 08:52, Radiante <Ale_ve...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thx!
WebGL would indeed allow an easy and fast implementation of "Google
Earth" in your webbrowser. Together with Websockets (a new standard
for a persistent connection between client & server) it is possible
right now to develop a real good 3D solution of gmaps/earth. And I'm
pretty sure, that some Google guys already working on that ;)
Both techniques are still not usable in a production environment, but
it's just a matter of time and hopefully Microsoft doesn't wait again
to long to support these stuff.
Right now, You can build your own 3D map web application from scratch
(with an WebGL framework, a geo library and a tileserver). As
tileserver You should use OSM, because (as far as I know) Google
doesn't allow to use their maptiles outside of their apps.
Sascha
On 9 Feb., 08:52, Radiante <Ale_ve...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thx!
Thoern
Feb 10, 2011, 4:21:19 AM2/10/11
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Hi Radiante
I have no info about Chrome, but you should try out firefox v4.0
(beta)
It uses GPU hardware acceleration for graphics rendering, I found a
huge performance increase from IE7 when rendering large groups of
markers.
Chers//Martin
I have no info about Chrome, but you should try out firefox v4.0
(beta)
It uses GPU hardware acceleration for graphics rendering, I found a
huge performance increase from IE7 when rendering large groups of
markers.
Chers//Martin
archinform
Feb 10, 2011, 5:36:00 AM2/10/11
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Hi Petr,
just noticed your post. Congratulation, very nice showcase for WebGL
with mapping applications!
Sascha
On 10 Feb., 09:46, Klokan Petr Pridal <klo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> WebGL is really impressive technology for online mapping applications.
>
> We were playing with WebGL as part of our R&D activities and the result is
> now released as an open-source project:
>
> WebGL Earth: Free and open-source 3D virtual globe for web and mobile
> devices
>
> http://www.webglearth.com/http://www.webglearth.org/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn8Y3wzLrXo
just noticed your post. Congratulation, very nice showcase for WebGL
with mapping applications!
Sascha
On 10 Feb., 09:46, Klokan Petr Pridal <klo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> WebGL is really impressive technology for online mapping applications.
>
> We were playing with WebGL as part of our R&D activities and the result is
> now released as an open-source project:
>
> WebGL Earth: Free and open-source 3D virtual globe for web and mobile
> devices
>
Nianwei Liu
Feb 10, 2011, 9:54:56 AM2/10/11
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Petr Pridal,
Very nice. Great work!
On Feb 10, 3:46 am, Klokan Petr Pridal <klo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> WebGL is really impressive technology for online mapping applications.
>
> We were playing with WebGL as part of our R&D activities and the result is
> now released as an open-source project:
>
> WebGL Earth: Free and open-source 3D virtual globe for web and mobile
> devices
>
> http://www.webglearth.com/http://www.webglearth.org/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn8Y3wzLrXo
Very nice. Great work!
On Feb 10, 3:46 am, Klokan Petr Pridal <klo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> WebGL is really impressive technology for online mapping applications.
>
> We were playing with WebGL as part of our R&D activities and the result is
> now released as an open-source project:
>
> WebGL Earth: Free and open-source 3D virtual globe for web and mobile
> devices
>
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