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WebGL Michael Sills

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WebGLMichael Sills

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The History

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What is it good forEarth’s CO2 Levelshttp://co2.digitalcartography.org/

Radio Station Maphttp://radio.garden/live/limatambo/radio-tropical-limatambo-98-9-fm/

Economic Tradehttp://globe.cid.harvard.edu/?mode=gridSphere&id=CN#

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The Problems with WebGL- Is a Javascript API for GLSL (based on C/C++) - WebGL has a very steep learning curve- Uses the GPU, which means that your program’s performance will vary

significantly between machines- Potentially has security risks