You can check Mapeed (http://www.mapeed.com) there is a free plan but if you have 10 000 POI, you will have to use a non-free plan. Seb
On Feb 15, 12:23 pm, qFox <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
