Draw the World With Canvas HTML Element
Want to draw a World Map but don’t want to deal with Flash? An enterprising engineer behind JAWStats, a Google Analytics competitor, that uses HTML’s <canvas> element to draw a world map.
If there was any doubt what the canvas element can do, a World Map should clear it up. The solution was developed in order to compete with Google Analytics fancy world maps, but without depending on Flash to do it. With a web form, you can zoom in, change color schemes, highlight countries. It’s almost as good as the Flash equivalent except that the engineer promises to tackle the Google Maps-like click and drag functions “someday.”
The download is available under the MIT license. Installation on your page is as simple as downloading a little JavaScript code. Canvas works in Webkit-based browsers (Safari and Chrome), Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer (with a download).
[via Ajaxian]
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