The article section of the documentation has a few articles taht could be of interest:
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/articles.html Youe effectivly createing a store locator (even if your 'points' arent stores) On 13/05/2009, nimrod <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Group, > > I need some advice about how to best design and build a map which can > handle and display a large number of markers. > I would appreciate input about how I should think and if you know of > any examples that might fit my purpose… > > The user should be able to search for a specific location. Eg, Phuket, > Thailand. The Map should then center Phuket, Thailand and display > markers around Phuket according to the zoomlevel. The lng/lat for the > markers are stored in a mysql db and the location of the markers are > defined by the users. Hopefully will there be many markers all over > the world. > > How should I approach this challenge? I can not or should not select > all the markers from the table. How will I now which markers to select > from the DB? > > A first embryo to the map is at > http://www.g8journey.com/destinations/destinations_main.php > Please use Firefox...it doesn’t work yet in IE :-( > > The map is not searchable yet either. > > Any good ideas or similar examples are good. > > Thanks! > > /Nimrod > > > > -- Barry - www.nearby.org.uk - www.geograph.org.uk - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
