I am looking for a relative-simple approach for one-level image zoom in, with slices of images loaded and appear as they are viewed in the area (like Google Maps). I have a lot of images, so manual-slicing maybe out of the question. Preferably no Flash/Silverlight.
I had look at some of the jQuery solutions but none quite fits what I am looking for.
Similar implementation can be seen on the UK National Gallery site ( http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/georges-seurat-bathers-at-asnieres ), or the Google+ intro site ( http://www.google.com/+/demo/ )
Thank you.
Check out the jQuery Overscroll plugin, also this question. It should be trivial to make a script that slices up the images for you using something like PHP’s GD.