"KML vs. Encoded polygons/polylines" is like "socks vs oranges", two completely differnt things.
Here's the best explanation of encoded polylines/polygons: http://facstaff.unca.edu/mcmcclur/GoogleMaps/EncodePolyline/ -- Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu -- On Feb 25, 3:48 pm, jqueryui-vienna <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to display a larger KML file showing my bike routes in Google > Maps (approx. 500Kbytes). It works ok, but I'm seeking a way to > improve the rendering performance, especially the loading period. > > I heard Google Map's internal coordinate encoding format (GPolygon/ > GPolyline.fromEncoded) is a faster alternative to KML. What are the > differences (e.g. are encoded GPolylines drawn in the browser or does > the google maps server render them to tiles? What's the difference in > the file size?). > > regards, > > Franz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
