An alternative to clustering is to use tiles. Below is an example which shows ~700,000 points. (It uses VE but could easily be switched to Google Maps):
http://salmonsalvo.net/Cumberland:_VirtualEarth_Test The identify would have to be done with ajax calls, but with 10,000 points, that is a given. Scott On Feb 15, 12:47 am, eeyore <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a database with 10,000 pictures. Each image has its latitude > and longitude, description, author, and some other text information. > > Since the images and their locations are spread around the world I > want to group and display their markers based on the zoom level. > > Similarly to Pamela's > Tutorial:http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=65622&topic=11364 > > My questions: > > 1. What is the best file format to feed my map? CSV? XML? JSON? RSS? > > 2. If there are 10,000 points how do I load the data - as one huge > file or in small chunks? > > 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? > > 4. Are there any examples similar to Pamela's Tutorial only for > Python? > > Thank you, > Max --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
