Are you suggesting that playing a media file with all the different formats, streaming resolutions, etc is not a "metric shitload of complexity"?
And your argument regarding companies wanting javascript so they can track everything goes equally for the video tag as well.
Though I agree the interaction with maps is different from video, how about we first give the poster credit for recognizing a problem/opportunity.
Ok, so let's say it is a real browser implementation. My first reaction was "but the map imagery providers all want to get paid for their content. I had assumed this meant the browser being built in with the map content, but that "might" not be the case.
Google, Microsoft and Apple all already have their own mapping solutions, so each browser "could" use those services by default. Otherwise, the website owner still needs to decide which mapping service to license.
Map tile loading and navigation is mostly (it seems) a solved problem, much like video is. Even 3d mapping for the most part seems to have fallen into common navigation schemes (though there is room for improvement).
So now, what is so out of scope? Layers? Common across platforms, why not? Directions, sure.
What are we missing that you think would be so impossible.
And your argument regarding companies wanting javascript so they can track everything goes equally for the video tag as well.
Though I agree the interaction with maps is different from video, how about we first give the poster credit for recognizing a problem/opportunity.
Ok, so let's say it is a real browser implementation. My first reaction was "but the map imagery providers all want to get paid for their content. I had assumed this meant the browser being built in with the map content, but that "might" not be the case.
Google, Microsoft and Apple all already have their own mapping solutions, so each browser "could" use those services by default. Otherwise, the website owner still needs to decide which mapping service to license.
Map tile loading and navigation is mostly (it seems) a solved problem, much like video is. Even 3d mapping for the most part seems to have fallen into common navigation schemes (though there is room for improvement).
So now, what is so out of scope? Layers? Common across platforms, why not? Directions, sure.
What are we missing that you think would be so impossible.