Google encodes the polygons and polylines you load with GGeoXml and caches them on their server... so the question might be closer to apples vs apples painted with an absorbtive black shell ;-) as far as performance is concerned they are pretty close to identical. but If you want to change there color.. well googles some in only one shade and thats what you get.... ;-) my analogy is bad but my imagination is broken tonight.
marcelo wrote: > "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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
