AJAX and Binary Data like Images ex. google maps or online games

[Rayudu addagarla]

Hello All,
How do we deal getting binary data using AJAX.
say google maps is based on Ajax and servers images.
How do we implement this to get little part of image only.
Say I want to implement a Hunting game in AJAX, something similar to Age of Empires, may not that sophisticated, we have to get little part of image as the player moves towards the edges of the screen or the viewport.
Should the images be only vector graphics[SVG].

Thanks
[ November 15, 2005: Message edited by: Rayudu addagarla ]

[Barend Garvelink]

You could Base64 encode the image.