There's a pretty long discussion on this you can find here: http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash/browse_thread/thread/5b7e2b682f24e3e0 I don't have the need to plot "that many" markers but even plotting more than 10 seemed to make the map act sluggish whereas using the techniques described in that post I'm able to have a whole lot more markers along with clustering and it is less sluggish (wouldn't go as far as to say totally smooth, but certainly not near crashing or total lock up).
This is a pretty large task for someone who has never programmed anything before, if that's the case you may be in for hiring some help, or getting real good with the debugger real quick. For a quicker start you can see the example I posted of my implementation of the concepts here: http://www.shaunhusain.com/GoogleMapManyMarker/ if you use my implementation (couple other peoples ideas) you should be able to just copy the ManyMarkerHolder which is the extension of OverlayBase and apply it to the map (addOverlay) then on that instance of the overlay (keep a local reference) you call addSingleMarker(lightMarkerVO); that is you pass a LightMarkerVO (also made up in the project) that describes the graphics to use and the lat/lng to use for that marker (similar to the built-in marker class). You can right click for source view and download the zip of the project and import into Flex to just see something compiled locally working then go from there. Disclaimer: If you do use my code be warned this particular version was posted early on and didn't undergo much testing so it's use at your own risk, and I make no guarantees regarding the functionality of the code or it's ability to break your project. In short use at your own risk, test early and often, don't sue me if it doesn't work out, it won't be worth it anyhow. Haha to note if anyone else is going to check the example originally posted be prepared to close your browser or use Chrome since each tab has it's on process or you will lose your other tabs (glad I use chrome for this stuff, would have lost this whole post... it looked cool up to the point that it crashed :). Good luck, Shaun -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" 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/google-maps-api-for-flash?hl=en.
