WebGL Maps
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Aaron
Oct 13, 2011, 6:17:33 PM10/13/11
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Remember that discussion of how cool desktop WebGL-powered Google Maps
would be?
Go to maps.google.com and click "Want to try something new?" in the
bottom left corner.
would be?
Go to maps.google.com and click "Want to try something new?" in the
bottom left corner.
Mark Ng
Oct 13, 2011, 6:34:42 PM10/13/11
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The one at WhereCamp ? I saw that yesterday and got excited. I don't
think they're using vectors in the maps though, but there's a bunch of
other fricking awesome stuff in there.
think they're using vectors in the maps though, but there's a bunch of
other fricking awesome stuff in there.
The Google maps evangelist (Mano Marks, right ?) who was there must
have been struggling to keep his lips sealed. I wonder if they plan
to let outside developers use it?
Mark
Aaron
Oct 13, 2011, 7:13:42 PM10/13/11
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Right, the discussion at WhereCamp :-)
It does look like they're using vectors. Compare quick dragging with
WebGL vs. without -- without, you see a bunch of blank gray areas
until tiles are filled in. But with WebGL, detail is just reduced
until features are filled in.
Also, when zooming in/out you don't get pixellation. And labels do a
fade transition.
On Oct 13, 3:34 pm, Mark Ng <m...@markng.me.uk> wrote:
> The one at WhereCamp ? I saw that yesterday and got excited. I don't
> think they're using vectors in the maps though, but there's a bunch of
> other fricking awesome stuff in there.
>
> The Google maps evangelist (Mano Marks, right ?) who was there must
> have been struggling to keep his lips sealed. I wonder if they plan
> to let outside developers use it?
>
> Mark
>
It does look like they're using vectors. Compare quick dragging with
WebGL vs. without -- without, you see a bunch of blank gray areas
until tiles are filled in. But with WebGL, detail is just reduced
until features are filled in.
Also, when zooming in/out you don't get pixellation. And labels do a
fade transition.
On Oct 13, 3:34 pm, Mark Ng <m...@markng.me.uk> wrote:
> The one at WhereCamp ? I saw that yesterday and got excited. I don't
> think they're using vectors in the maps though, but there's a bunch of
> other fricking awesome stuff in there.
>
> The Google maps evangelist (Mano Marks, right ?) who was there must
> have been struggling to keep his lips sealed. I wonder if they plan
> to let outside developers use it?
>
> Mark
>
Heather Billings
Oct 13, 2011, 7:22:02 PM10/13/11
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FWIW, the general consensus among the excited map nerds here was that they were vectors. I think the most accurate description is merel "awesome."
Heather Billings
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Mark Ng
Oct 13, 2011, 7:26:46 PM10/13/11
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I think you're both right, at a second look.
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