On Apr 28, 12:48 pm, Arech <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I want to be able to create a lot of directed (arrowed) polylines on
> one map instance and I want this map with directed polylines to work
> as fast as possible to provide better user experience.
>
> I know two approaches to create arrowed polylines at this time.
>
> The first approach is based on array of GPolylines as arrows and
> presented by Bill Chadwick
> athttp://wheresthepath.googlepages.com/arrowline.htm
>
> The second approach is based on array of Google direction marker
> triangle GIcon's as arrows and presented by Mike Williams
> athttp://econym.org.uk/gmap/arrows.htm.
>
> I can't chose what approach will provide faster map scrolling on end
> user machine.
>
> Can somebody estimate, what approach will provide better map response
> times to a user of FireFox and IE in case of, say several hundreds
> identical polylines with ten directed arrows on each polyline? The
> first (GPolyline based), or the second (GIcon) based?
>
Do you require "shadows" ?
Do you require "click" capability ?
Do you require "rollover" capability ?
If none, check out
GOverlay
Also
GTileLayer
GTileLayerOverlay
A lot less overhead without the bells & whistles.
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