World Map Framework for jQuery or HTML5

Question

I have a project which requires an animated world map on its home page similar to this example. Flash is not an option which leaves me with html5 css jquery or other ajax framework.

Do you know any World Map Framework for jQuery, HTML 5 or other ajax frameworks?

The data does not need to be dynamic all I want is for the lines representing the from and to destinations, to be animated.

Answer 1

In my personal order of preference: OpenLayers, Leaflet or Polymaps

http://openlayers.org/

http://leaflet.cloudmade.com/

http://polymaps.org/

All open source, all Javascript, all IE compatible (at least for IE>8, I think)