Web GIS in practice VIII: HTML5 and the canvas element for interactive online mapping

HTML5 is being developed as the next major revision of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), the core markup language of the World Wide Web. It aims at reducing the need for proprietary, plug-in-based rich Internet application (RIA) technologies such as Adobe Flash. The canvas element is part of HTML5 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kamel Boulos, Maged N., Gong, Jianya, Yue, Peng, Warren, Jeffrey Yoo
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory. Design Ecology Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58918