I've been suggesting that this was possible for a while, but someone actually did it (which is much more impressive than talking about it). Here is an SVG map dynamically driven by Javascript. The map loads the data as you zoom and move, giving you more detailed views of the overlays in the areas where you're looking. The Javascript loads the XML asynchronously, and then updates the SVG file. Very cool, using all the same techniques that have been developed for AJAX HTML pages. They've also posted a paper on how they did it!

Link thanks to: downside.ch


posted Nov 9, 2005 | permanent link