You could look at compressing your XML data. Serve it as gzip'd compressed content to compatible browsers - and i think any browser that supports the API will also support gzip content.
Text content such as XML compresses very well and typically you can reduce file sizes by ~70%. http://uk2.php.net/ob-gzhandler Martin. On 23 Dec, 17:10, daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have been working on this project for my University for what seems > like forever (about 4 solid months). And the day has finally came, it > is "done". (They will probably ask for more things when I come back > from break. > > What I would like to do is make load times faster. > > I have read several articles in the groups regarding this topic. Most > of which mentions preloading images (I plan to look into that after I > post this), and there was a mention of clustering. I have a vague > idea of clustering, and I am under the impression that it is for large > datasets. I probably have 100 markers total (being shown depending on > the user selection). > > I really do not have a lot of experience with javascript and google > maps api (this was my first project with both). And would like a > little help getting started, if I could be pointed in the way of some > articles about the optimization I would be very greatful. > > Also I have noticed that php-google maps seems to be very popular. > There was talk of showing campus events in some of the windows (these > come from another office's database) with the pulling of info aside, > would there be a speed increase of using php over the xml files that I > am currently using? > > Here is the link to my live map:http://redhawks.semo.edu/map/test_layout.html > > Thanks > daniel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
