Hey Larry, Thanks for the good advice. I have implemented invisible markers on the page: http://test.fs.cornell.edu/maps/ttSidebar_Test.htm
I am not sure what is involved on doing the server side processing that you mention. Could you tell me how this could be done? Thank you, Mike -- On Jan 19, 6:10 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 19, 1:23 pm, gmallinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > I'm creating a page with LOTS of markers. See my work in progress > > at:http://test.fs.cornell.edu/maps/basic_full.htm > > > I would like to do the following things: > > 1. keep all markers from showing on the page until the link for the > > marker is clicked in the side bar. Then just produce that marker. > > shouldn't be to hard either > 1. use a function to add the marker when the sidebar entry is clicked > (may not meet your second goal) > or > 2. add all the markers to the map and hide them, then show them on a > click > > > 2. although the markers are not showing on the page, I would still > > like there to be a hot spot for that marker if I were to hover over it > > on the map. If you hover over it it should produce the tool tip. If > > you were to click on it the marker would appear and the info balloon > > would appear. > > That implies that you probably want to either: > 1. do the processing on the server (you did say you have LOTS of > markers) > or > 2. use an "invisible" marker, on mouseover use setIcon to change to a > visible one. > > If you have LOTS of markers, you probably want to do most of the > processing server side, otherwise the preformance of the map will be > vary sluggish, particularly with IE. > > -- Larry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
