yes, thanks to wikipedia and your explanation think, i get an idea of canvas, html5 a.s.o.
the crucial thing is the no-we-won't support by ie all versions). and it seems, that even the excanvas library isn't correct working for all ie canvas issues. so, either i tend to bratliffs method or i use the encoded polyline method in mikes example and have to solve the proble, if somebody uses google chrome. maybe a browser junction could help. found a few minutes ago: php encoding class http://www.scribd.com/doc/3599978/PolylineEncoder-class-php don't know, how it works (if so). thanks for your help On 30 Sep., 22:05, Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wasn't it Black Fog who wrote: > > > > >@mike > >in your considerations about google chrome, you wrote that polygons in > >chrome are rendered by canvas. is all the graphic stuff rendered by > >canvas ? > > Just the polygons and polylines. The images are still rendered as <img>s > > >is canvas an official standard implemented in all (modern) browsers ? > >at the moment i don't see it clear for me ... is it a library for > >browsers ? > > The canvas standards are far from complete at the moment. It is intended > that canvas should have two parts: a 2D graphics "context" and a 3D > graphics "context". Work hasn't even started on the 3D standards yet. > > Canvas forms part of the HTML 5 draft recommendation. Expect all > browsers that are not based on MSIE to eventually comply with the HTML 5 > standard. (There are an awful lot of browsers out there, but there are > only about nine underlying "layout engines". The Gecko engine (Mozilla, > Firefox, Flock, etc.), the WebKit engine (Safari, Google Chrome, etc.) > and the Presto engine (Opera) are implementing canvas almost as fast as > the standards get written. > > http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/ > > It's not a library, it's a fundamental part of HTML 5, in the same way > that CSS is a fundamental part of the HTML 4 standards. > > --http://econym.org.uk/gmap > The Blackpool Community Church Javascript Team --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
