This week's Google Map of the Week has to larn to Google Maps itself. Or to a greater extent than precisely to Google Maps inwards WebGL.
If y'all haven't already seen the time to come of Google Maps thence opened upwards up Chrome 14+ or Firefox 8+ (the Dev Channel liberate of Firefox). You should thence run across a "Want to drive something new?" link inwards the left-hand sidebar of Google Maps. Click the link as well as y'all tin persuasion Google Maps alongside WebGL.
You tin preview the impressive transitions inwards aerial persuasion as well as Street View inwards the video below.
Another keen characteristic inwards Google Maps inwards WebGL is the 3D buildings. Check out how the perspective of the buildings alter equally y'all pan the map around. Also cheque out the edifice shadows which are astronomically accurate as well as seem based on the fourth dimension of 24-hour interval as well as electrical flow place of the Sun (so volition vary depending on the place on the Earth).
Swisstrains
An honourable advert likewise has to larn to Swisstrains this week. The awesome Swisstrains has open-sourced all the code y'all ask to practise your ain animated vehicle simulator alongside Google Maps.
Swisstrains purpose the timetables of the Swiss Federal Railways to practise a faux real-time map of the Swiss rail network. Using the map y'all tin persuasion the network's trains moving some Switzerland alive on a Google Map.
Now y'all tin practise your ain faux vehicle simulator alongside the aid of the code, available from GitHub. To practise your ain faux network y'all volition likewise ask to plot your runway / route network as well as the vehicle timetables inwards JSON format.
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If y'all haven't already seen the time to come of Google Maps thence opened upwards up Chrome 14+ or Firefox 8+ (the Dev Channel liberate of Firefox). You should thence run across a "Want to drive something new?" link inwards the left-hand sidebar of Google Maps. Click the link as well as y'all tin persuasion Google Maps alongside WebGL.
You tin preview the impressive transitions inwards aerial persuasion as well as Street View inwards the video below.
Another keen characteristic inwards Google Maps inwards WebGL is the 3D buildings. Check out how the perspective of the buildings alter equally y'all pan the map around. Also cheque out the edifice shadows which are astronomically accurate as well as seem based on the fourth dimension of 24-hour interval as well as electrical flow place of the Sun (so volition vary depending on the place on the Earth).
Swisstrains
An honourable advert likewise has to larn to Swisstrains this week. The awesome Swisstrains has open-sourced all the code y'all ask to practise your ain animated vehicle simulator alongside Google Maps.
Swisstrains purpose the timetables of the Swiss Federal Railways to practise a faux real-time map of the Swiss rail network. Using the map y'all tin persuasion the network's trains moving some Switzerland alive on a Google Map.
Now y'all tin practise your ain faux vehicle simulator alongside the aid of the code, available from GitHub. To practise your ain faux network y'all volition likewise ask to plot your runway / route network as well as the vehicle timetables inwards JSON format.
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