On Oct 8, 5:28 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the marker manager is going to be the best fit. Almost all of > my markers are going to be clustered in one state. > > If you look athttp://hardins.com/retail5.htm, there is a ton already > and there is going to be more added. I think I have over 1000 total. > What really matters is when a person searches their address and the > search zooms in and they can see what florists are in their area. I > guess my one concern is what would happen if there is a marker manager > set up and someone clicks on a florist in the side bar. Would the > marker just appear on the map? I guess to take care of that I could > try and make it zoom in on items click on the side bar.
That is why I said: > > Yes (but you have to do things a little differently). You have to reposition the map to show the marker and set the zoom to a level at which the markermanager will display it and then either: 1. wait for the marker manager to finish adding the marker to the map, then "click" on it to open the infoWindow or 2. use the map.openInfoWindow methods that don't depend on the marker being there. -- Larry > > On Oct 7, 2:42 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Oct 7, 11:17 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Awesome, I finally got it working. > > > >http://hardins.com/retail5.htm > > > > I was working on this problem last week, I think I just needed to get > > > away from it for the weekend. With an explanation of what I was doing > > > wrong I was able to figure it out. > > > > Now I just have to get rid of that slow loading business. > > > > Is it possible to use the marker manager with the sidebar? > > > Yes (but you have to do things a little differently). > > > > Could I maybe just limit how many markers are displayed on the screen at > > > the > > > time? > > > Yes. > > > > What would you recommend? > > > You have to decide the best way to get the functionality you want. I > > would think a clusterer (or markermanager) to get the user to the > > correct region, then once they are in the region show them all the > > markers in their local area. > > something like > > this:http://www.geocodezip.com/google_northamerica_officesJ.asp > > > -- Larry > > > > On Oct 7, 1:32 pm, Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Wasn't it [EMAIL PROTECTED] who wrote: > > > > > >The question is why does the search function work on > > > > >http://www.hardins.com/retail2.htm, > > > > >and not onhttp://www.hardins.com/retail4.htm. > > > > > retail2.htm has no load() function, and the showAddress() function is > > > > global. > > > > > retail4.htm does have a load() function, and the showAdress() function > > > > is a local function of load(). > > > > > If you don't understand scope, then try > > > > readinghttp://econym.org.uk/gmap/scope.htm > > > > > --http://econym.org.uk/gmap > > > > The Blackpool Community Church Javascript Team- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
