I'd go with a GLayer approach (like wikipedia and panoramio?). You can find a php example here: http://glayer.qfox.nl
On 15 feb, 08:21, marcelo <[email protected]> wrote: > If you searched the group you'd get lots of relevant > results.http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/search?group=Google-Ma... > > Generally, you cannot display more than 100 to 200 markers, and the > solution is clustering. > For 10,000 markers you need a server side clustering solution, like > this:http://maps.forum.nu/server_side_clusterer/ > (not free) > > > 1. What is the best file format to feed my map? CSV? XML? JSON? RSS? > > For performance, CSV is the simplest to parse and the most compact, > though XML or JSON allow you to have more complex data structures. > > > 2. If there are 10,000 points how do I load the data - as one huge > > file or in small chunks? > > 10,000 points worth of data in one go will cripple the browser. > The clusterer will send it in small chunks, depending on map's > viewable area and zoom level. > > > 3. Since each marker will have its own info window - is it better to > > store the window's content in any of the above formats along with > > coordinates or load it with ajax? > > Load it together with the marker's information, otherwise you'd have > to make a new ajax call for each marker click, which is prone to > network errors, but transmit only the information that is different > for each marker, and not all the HTML tags which are common to every > infoWindow. > > > 4. Are there any examples similar to Pamela's Tutorial only for > > Python? > > I don't know, but in any case, that tutorial doesn't use clustering. > > -- > Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
