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Let’s Make a Street View! Part 0
In what was once timely news, Google announced version 3 of the Google Maps API at their last I/O, designed specifically—but not exclusively—with the mobile space in mind. Since it’s not used on the main Maps page, I didn’t notice that the new API includes an embeddable “HTML5″ version of Street View until the news started making the Twitter rounds.
What’s especially interesting about this new Street View—aside from the fact that it’s now available without Flash—is that it takes a divide-and-conquer approach to ensuring good performance across browsers. There are at least three different rendering “modes” within the new library, triggered by different browsers and operating environments. I’m going to take a brief look at each of these before moving on to the main event: building our own Street View app. Continue reading
Rip Van Winkle
Just saw this slide about Javascript engine speed in the video of Google’s latest Campfire One. Apologies for the youtube screengrab. I left for the Family Islands of The Bahamas (and $.10/MB internet) in the summer of 2006. I came … Continue reading