HTML5 + Canvas + JavaScript + jQuery + KML = mappin it up

The above demonstrates the dynamic loading, projection, and rendering of a polygonal KML file using HTML's Canvas element and Javascript. View source to see what's going on.

Data: generalized_african_countries.kml from GeoCommons
Loading: simple custom KML loading method written with some jQuery
Projection: The Proj4js library's Albers equal-area conic projection
Rendering: simple JavaScript method to render to HTML's Canvas element

For more, check out the blog entry here.

created by Zachary Forest Johnson of indiemaps.com