Right. And thanks. Incorporating these suggestions has definitely moved things along. Only draw what can be seen on the screen (pay attention to the map bounds) and only up to a usable number of points. Seems obvious, but when you're learning the low level stuff, it's easy to lose sight of high-level design principals. Adhering to those principals, I figured out I can define my own Overlay that can draw a sufficient number of points. The clustering idea sounds interesting, but well beyond me, at least for the time being.
I didn't realize there was a separate Maps API group. Now I know. I'm investigating if you can control when Overlays are asked to draw, so I'll head over there for my questions about that... On Jun 30, 12:30 am, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" <[email protected]> wrote: > The standard way of handling the "toomanypoints" problem is to use a > clustering system, either server based or client based. Clustering > converts themanymarkers that can appear in one area, usually > determined by a matrix, into a single marker. > > Another method is to limit what is loaded into the map by using the > map bounds as a selection criteria. As the map moves, newpointsare > loaded and ones out of view are dropped. > > Still another method is to use an image overlay instead of > individualpointsand develop your own method to make thepointsactive. There > are several strategies to accomplish this but essentially, the meta > data associated with the image is loaded into an array that is > analyzed as the pointer moves. This method works better than > individual markers as there are far fewer objects and DOM nodes > created. > > If you're interested in learning more about these methods, I suggest > visiting the Google Maps API discussion group and research the > archives. There's a lot of information on these specifics on that > forum. > > -John Coryat --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
