Category: HTML
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Re-rendering map layers
I recently was optimising the performance of a Leaflet-based map that rendered TopoJSON layers via Omnivore. The layers were a visualisation using the ABS’s Postal Areas, and while there was only a single TopoJSON file, this resulted in a number of feature layers being displayed, with each bound to their own data. The data for…
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Leaflet and Google Maps
I’ve recently been developing an application that uses Leaflet to interactivity with a geographic map. One of the business requirements was to use Google Maps as a basemap, since it is pervasively used by our customers. A naive implementation used Leaflet’s tileLayer to render the tiles directly: This approach, while simple, does not conform to…
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HTML5 presentation with motion background
I was recently looking for a way to present our church’s worship lyrics on top of a motion background. I naturally turned to PowerPoint, but quickly found out that the only way to achieve a seamless transition between slides is to combine all the lyrics on a single slide and use animations to show and…