This is a FAQ, but the group's search has problems finding it. Copied/pasted from another thread:
Basically you have two options: 1. Custom tiles, for which there is a video on YouTube by John Coryat describing the methodology. (Just search YouTube for 'John Coryat') 2. Server side clustering, (2 slightly different versions): http://maps.forum.nu/server_side_clusterer/ http://maps.forum.nu/server_side_clusterer/index2.php (not a free script) -- Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu -- On May 4, 1:59 pm, TechIT <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I am working on an application based on google maps. As part of this, > I need to plot an extremely large number of markers on google maps. > This is essentially the historical information which needs to be > plotted, and is generally a few hundred thousand. > > I tried doing it by extracting the data from DB, converting it to XML > and supplying it to google maps, but it takes too long a time to plot. > I even implemented the Marker Manager, but that has not helped either. > Hence, I need to know if there is a better and more efficient way of > handling this. > > P.S.: Typically a dataset would contain about 150,000 - 200,000 unique > data. > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Regards. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
