All the links rom iamcal.com 2012-06-26T17:53:00Z Flickr tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10030/ 2012-06-26T17:53:00Z 2012-06-26T17:53:00Z <p>Andrew Godwin has just released an <a href="http://stations.aeracode.org/">excellent mapping project</a>, visualizing a few London Underground stations, complete with public corridors, escalators, spiral staircases and platforms. The maps are 3D models, which you can pan and zoom inside the browser. Digging into the source is also worth a look, since it uses some nice canvas and <a href="https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js">three.js</a> guts.</p> <p class="bimg"><a href="http://stations.aeracode.org/"><img src="/images/blog/underground.jpg" width="600" height="292" /></a></p> <p>Poking around his other work, the <a href="http://www.aeracode.org/projects/twintubes/">Twin Tubes</a> map is also worth a look - the underground network with each individual track visualized.</p> <p class="bimg"><a href="http://www.aeracode.org/projects/twintubes/"><img src="/images/blog/twintubes-section.png" width="500" height="200" /></a></p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/2578/ 2010-11-08T18:51:00Z 2010-11-08T18:51:00Z <p><a href="http://www.learnboost.com/introducing-node-canvas-server-side-html5-canvas-api/">node-canvas</a> looks excellent. single digit milliseconds to render images and push them out. sounds like it could be the new standard for server generated images. [via kastner]</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/2520/ 2010-04-26T16:37:00Z 2010-04-26T16:37:00Z <p><a href="http://alteredqualia.com/canvasmol/#Caffeine">canvasmol</a> visualizes molecules using canvas. the future is sexy. and rotating in 3d</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/