HTML5 on Steroids: Creating high-performance mobile maps apps in HTML5 and Javascript

Developers seeking a performance “edge” to their mobile map apps have long been stymied by the general constraints of html5 and by the availability of APIs that enable true differentiation. Now, MH5, Nokia’s Maps Framework for Mobile HMTL5, offers an advanced mapping framework that pushes HTML5 to its limits. It's designed for fast, lightweight creation of location-based mobile web apps. The maps application built on top of this framework is available on m.maps.nokia.com for mobile WebKit browsers.

Rigorously optimized for mobile, extremely fast and compact, MH5 enables smooth canvas map rendering and transitions and features that no one else has—like offline tile storage for failsafe user experiences and real-time traffic.

You can easily develop your own native-like mobile web applications that benefit from using Nokia’s maps, search, routing, and places services, just like Nokia HTML5 Maps. A headful API enables rich, ready to go UI components to get your app up and running.

Nokia Location & Commerce engineers Bernd Mrohs and Thomas Bielagk will provide a sneak peek of this exciting new Framework, now in open beta. Head of Nokia L&C’s Mobile HTML5 Framework, Bernd is expert in JavaScript/HTML5 as well as in the creation of native apps for mobile devices. Thomas is a key MH5 developer.

In summary: We will build blazing fast mobile HTML5 Maps apps. Let's create the next billion-dollar Location Based Services that run cross-platform. Taking HTML5 to its limits!