Perfect, makes sense. Thanks for all the help!
On Apr 16, 3:11 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Apr 16, 1:03 pm, Brett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Wowza! I dont know why I hadn't seen this stuff on encoded polylines
> > before. Thank you much.
>
> > I'm still a little confused at how encoding polylines would make a big
> > difference in the discrepancy between load times for IE and Firefox.
>
> IE (all versions, but it is getting better) is less efficient at a lot
> of operations than FF. It supports a lot less markers or points in
> lines than FF before it gets unusable.
>
> -- Larry
>
> > I will go ahead and learn and get in the practice of encoding my
> > polylines, but I still don't think this is the reason underlying IE
> > being so much slower than firefox in this case.
>
> > On Apr 16, 2:29 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > On Apr 16, 11:35 am, Brett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hmm. Yes, I could certainly shorten the line coordinates for fewer
> > > > decimals, but I'm guessing that's not the heart of my problem here.
>
> > > > And, unfortunately, being a novice, I don't know (even after looking
> > > > at the two examples) what is meant precisely by 'encoding the
> > > > polylines'. Could someone explain a bit more, if and how this is
> > > > really likely to speed up load time in IE?
>
> > > See Mark McClure's discussion of encoded
> > > polylines:http://facstaff.unca.edu/mcmcclur/GoogleMaps/EncodePolyline/
>
> > > > On Apr 16, 1:11 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > On Apr 16, 10:53 am, Brett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Hello. Just wanted to say thanks ahead of time to everyone that
> > > > > > posts
> > > > > > answers on these threads (esp Mike Williams). I've learned a TON
> > > > > > recently.
>
> > > > > > Anyhow, I'm very new to websites and coding (social scientist by
> > > > > > trade), so I could be missing something basic.. I've created several
> > > > > > google maps reading from xml files now, and they all seem to work
> > > > > > pretty well on IE7 (and even better on Firefox).
>
> > > > > > However, my latest is causing a major headache. The page is:
>
> > > > > >http://www.terevaka.net/dc/databases/rosendahl_1994/Lapakahi.html
>
> > > > > > My problems are:
> > > > > > 1) Load time: Load time in Firefox is about 3-10 seconds on my
> > > > > > machine. Load time in IE7 or IE8 is about 60 seconds! Other maps of
> > > > > > mine have had differences but nothing as drastic as this. One other
> > > > > > source has told me that load time for his machine on the same page
> > > > > > in
> > > > > > IE7/8 is much better than on mine, but still doesnt compete with
> > > > > > Firefox.
> > > > > > 2) Sometimes in Firefox I have to refresh a few times before I get
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > 'clean' load. By that i mean other times the map and data loads, but
> > > > > > the browser continues to process indefinitely (making the map
> > > > > > unusable).
> > > > > > 3) In IE8 clicking on lines produces no infowindow pop-ups.
>
> > > > > > --I've tried to read as much as possible before posting. I don't
> > > > > > think
> > > > > > it has to do with IE loading images for markers, because the custom
> > > > > > marker images are the first thing to load, and if i strip the xml
> > > > > > file
> > > > > > down to just points (as opposed to points and lines), it's a pretty
> > > > > > quick load in FF or IE.
>
> > > > > > --I don't think it has to do with each line storing mouseover and
> > > > > > mouseout functions because i tried commenting those out, and the IE
> > > > > > load time is still around 50-60 seconds.
>
> > > > > > So, it must have something to do with the lines i'm loading...? Too
> > > > > > much for IE?
>
> > > > > 1. try encoding the polylines
> > > > > Compare these 2
> > > > > polylines:http://www.geocodezip.com/GenericMapBrowser.asp?filename=I5Polyline.x......
>
> > > > > 2. you could speed up the loading of the xml file by making it smaller
> > > > > (you don't need 11 decimals of accuracy for the latitude and
> > > > > longitude).
>
> > > > > -- Larry- Hide quoted text -
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