Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Google WebGLifies Maps http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Google WebGLifies Maps http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Thu, 23 May 2013 21:05:01 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 21:05:01 GMT Rev9 8 -8 -1 Coffeehouse - Google WebGLifies Maps They are calling it MapsGL. Basically Google Earth. In the browser, without plugins.

https://maps.google.com

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WebGL is a bad idea:

https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/sdk/tests/extra/lots-of-polys-example.html

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Herbie

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, evildictait​or wrote

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

WebGL is a bad idea:

https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/sdk/tests/extra/lots-of-polys-example.html

Dude, you just hosed my system!

 

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Dude, WebGL just hosed my system!

FTFY.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Google-WebGLifyes-Maps/214bcd4f93ae40ac8f94a0f200d5ca91#214bcd4f93ae40ac8f94a0f200d5ca91 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:58:23 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Google-WebGLifyes-Maps/214bcd4f93ae40ac8f94a0f200d5ca91#214bcd4f93ae40ac8f94a0f200d5ca91 evildictaitor 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/evildictaitor/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Google WebGLifies Maps Tried it on my machine. Street names are missing and it's really slow to scroll.

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, Bass wrote

They are calling it MapsGL. Basically Google Maps. In the browser, without plugins.

https://maps.google.com

It doesn't really have any of the features of GE. It's mainly about getting street-view to work without flash from what I can see.

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