diff --git a/demo/FloatCanvas.py b/demo/FloatCanvas.py
index 3820f302..1f88f9b6 100644
--- a/demo/FloatCanvas.py
+++ b/demo/FloatCanvas.py
@@ -1514,11 +1514,11 @@ def BuildDrawFrame(): # this gets called when needed, rather than on import
                 Object.SetFillColor(colors[random.randint(0,len(colors)-1)])
                 Object.SetLineColor(colors[random.randint(0,len(colors)-1)])
                 Object.SetLineWidth(random.randint(1,7))
-                Object.SetLineStyle(FloatCanvas.DrawObject.LineStyleList.keys()[random.randint(0,5)])
+                Object.SetLineStyle(list(FloatCanvas.DrawObject.LineStyleList.keys())[random.randint(0,5)])
             for Object in self.ColorObjectsLine:
                 Object.SetLineColor(colors[random.randint(0,len(colors)-1)])
                 Object.SetLineWidth(random.randint(1,7))
-                Object.SetLineStyle(FloatCanvas.DrawObject.LineStyleList.keys()[random.randint(0,5)])
+                Object.SetLineStyle(list(FloatCanvas.DrawObject.LineStyleList.keys())[random.randint(0,5)])
             for Object in self.ColorObjectsColor:
                 Object.SetColor(colors[random.randint(0,len(colors)-1)])
             for Object in self.ColorObjectsText:
@@ -1720,10 +1720,9 @@ def BuildDrawFrame(): # this gets called when needed, rather than on import
             shorelines of the whole world, in MapGen format.
 
             """
-            import string
             file = open(filename,'rt')
             data = file.readlines()
-            data = map(string.strip,data)
+            data = [s.strip() for s in data]
 
             Shorelines = []
             segment = []
@@ -1733,7 +1732,7 @@ def BuildDrawFrame(): # this gets called when needed, rather than on import
                         if segment: Shorelines.append(N.array(segment))
                         segment = []
                     else:
-                        segment.append(map(float,string.split(line)))
+                        segment.append([float(e) for e in line.split()])
             if segment: Shorelines.append(N.array(segment))
 
             if stats:
diff --git a/samples/floatcanvas/Animation.py b/samples/floatcanvas/Animation.py
index 4797e7d9..2e968b52 100644
--- a/samples/floatcanvas/Animation.py
+++ b/samples/floatcanvas/Animation.py
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ class DemoApp(wx.App):
     """
     
     def OnInit(self):
-        wx.InitAllImageHandlers()
         frame = DrawFrame(None, -1, "Simple Drawing Window",wx.DefaultPosition, (700,700) )
 
         self.SetTopWindow(frame)
@@ -255,12 +254,11 @@ def Read_MapGen(filename,stats = False):
     shorelines of the whole worls, in MapGen format.
     
     """
-    import string
     from numpy import array
     file = open(filename,'rt')
     data = file.readlines()
-    data = map(string.strip,data)
-    
+    data = [s.strip() for s in data]    
+
     Shorelines = []
     segment = []
     for line in data:
diff --git a/wx/lib/floatcanvas/FloatCanvas.py b/wx/lib/floatcanvas/FloatCanvas.py
index bd85aab6..04b3752d 100644
--- a/wx/lib/floatcanvas/FloatCanvas.py
+++ b/wx/lib/floatcanvas/FloatCanvas.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # Version:
 # Date:
 # Licence:
-# Tags:         phoenix-port
+# Tags:         phoenix-port, unittest, documented, py3-port
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 """
 This is the main module of the floatcanvas package, it contains the :class:`~lib.floatcanvas.FloatCanvas.FloatCanvas`
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ mac = sys.platform.startswith("darwin")
 import numpy as N
 from time import clock
 import wx
+from wx.lib import six
 
 from .Utilities import BBox
 from . import GUIMode
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ def _cycleidxs(indexcount, maxvalue, step):
     if indexcount == 0:
         yield ()
     else:
-        for idx in xrange(0, maxvalue, step):
+        for idx in range(0, maxvalue, step):
             for tail in _cycleidxs(indexcount - 1, maxvalue, step):
                 color = (idx, ) + tail
                 if not colormatch(color):
@@ -288,9 +289,16 @@ class DrawObject:
             self._Canvas.MakeNewHTBitmap()
         if not self.HitColor:
             if not self._Canvas.HitColorGenerator:
+                 # first call to prevent the background color from being used.
                 self._Canvas.HitColorGenerator = _colorGenerator()
-                self._Canvas.HitColorGenerator.next() # first call to prevent the background color from being used.
-            self.HitColor = self._Canvas.HitColorGenerator.next()
+                if six.PY3:
+                    next(self._Canvas.HitColorGenerator)
+                else:
+                    self._Canvas.HitColorGenerator.next()
+            if six.PY3:
+                self.HitColor = next(self._Canvas.HitColorGenerator)
+            else:
+                self.HitColor = self._Canvas.HitColorGenerator.next()
             self.SetHitPen(self.HitColor,self.HitLineWidth)
             self.SetHitBrush(self.HitColor)
         # put the object in the hit dict, indexed by it's color
@@ -1187,7 +1195,7 @@ class ArrowLine(PointsObjectMixin, LineOnlyMixin, DrawObject):
         Points = self.Points
         n = Points.shape[0]
         self.ArrowPoints = N.zeros((n-1, 3, 2), N.float)
-        for i in xrange(n-1):
+        for i in range(n-1):
             dx, dy = self.Points[i] - self.Points[i+1]
             theta = N.arctan2(dy, dx)
             AP = N.array( (