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Not sure if this makes sense, but couldn't they have different projections for different zoom levels?
by a3_nm 14y ago
Not sure if this makes sense, but couldn't they have different projections for different zoom levels?
- benjoffe 14y agoAs far as I can tell that actually could work very well, though the implementation might be quite difficult: 15 different zoom levels (I think) that google uses probably wouldn't be enough to make transitions between each seamless, requiring client side scaling during the zoom animations (which will either make the images slightly blurry or require loading higher resolution images).
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- rjh29 14y agoYes, and considering that Google Maps can use WebGL with vector graphics, it would be seamless.
- jasondavies 14y agoYes, e.g. http://cartography.oregonstate.edu/demos/CompositeMapProjection/ http://cartography.oregonstate.edu/demos/CompositeMapProject...
- opinali 14y agoI see a huge, annoying jump into and out of Mercator.
- vanderZwan 14y agoA bit of tweening animation should be able to fix that though.
- RobotCaleb 14y agoThat's really cool. Thanks for sharing.
- danielweber 14y agoIt messes up around Antarctica, but it works much better than mine, which doesn't even exist, so I should probably be quiet.
- schiffern 14y agoOf course. The real challenge is making it look good with pinch-to-zoom.