To illustrate this, we will draw a first picture of possible application areas in different industries.
The new 3D features of the WebGL API are enormously diverse in their areas of application. By visualizing time and space, entirely new patterns and trends can be identified in the data. With access to the GPU, the Overlay View opens up completely new possibilities for visualizing large geographical data sets. As the map is tilted or rotated, this automatically enlarges or reduces the displayed objects in proportion to their distance from the camera and obscures them from other objects in the forefront. Rendering is done in the WebGL rendering context, which makes full integration with the basemap possible.Īny object added with the WebGL Overlay View is rendered directly on the basemap with support for Depth and Occlusion.
The WebGL Overlay View allows the use of 2D and 3D objects directly on the basemap. This makes it possible to create your own camera animations or camera flights in Google Maps. With the Integrated Camera Control all movements of the camera can be changed simultaneously for the first time. With the Tilt and Rotation feature of the new WebGL API, maps can be tilted and rotated in all directions, which allows viewing a map from any angle.
