There are 3 Street View modes:
1. 'html4' - This uses simple <img> tags with no perspective warping. It
is fast in all browsers.
2. 'html5' - This uses Canvas 2D with perspective warping. Canvas 2D is
software rendered so it has a low framerate.
3. 'webgl' - This uses WebGL. WebGL is hardware rendered so it has a high
framerate.
We pick the mode automatically based on the browser capabilities. You can
override the default mode using the experimental 'mode' option, like:
myPano.set('mode', 'webgl'); // or 'html5' or 'html4'
WebGL is live in Chrome 9, but it is disabled in the Maps API for now as it
crashes some older machines. WebGL is in Firefox 4 and the Safari nightly
builds, so it looks like Firefox and Safari will soon support WebGL. I don't
know when WebGL will be added to mobile Safari (on the iPad).
- Ben
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Marcel Pociot <m.poc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> as the official Apple MapKit does not support Street View yet, I want
> to use street view in my app using the web view / safari.
> But there seems to be a huge performance difference in the html5
> version.
> I know this got asked before in december 2010 but I want to ask that
> again to see if there's any progress on this.
> Is there any option available to improve performance or any
> development going on to this issue?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marcel Pociot
>
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