Yah I wouldn't expect you to notice a huge difference using IE8 with 4GB of memory - IE8 has made some movements towards improving the Javascript Interpreter in the browser which I'm sure is also helping the performance (sort of like why the problem isn't as noticeable in Google Chrome, using it's V8 Engine, but I would bet Chrome is still generally faster than IE8).
Using another browser isn't really the type of solution I am hoping for though - as the users that will be using this web application are restricted to using specifically IE6 and possibly IE7. I'm aware that faster machines/significantly better browsers addresses the problem; but I think it's still worth noting that the polygons -definitely seem to be drawing slower as the API has changed, and it has happened during some of the more recent updates, perhaps it is something that was included recently that can be fixed - currently I'm working on finding a workaround. I'd love to hear if anybody else finds one or has experienced a similar problem though. -John On May 29, 1:55 pm, Grok Lobster <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't notice any difference using IE8, but I have 4GB of memory in > my system which may be the reason. > > On May 29, 7:11 am, John Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Mike, > > > I appreciate you checking this issue out - I have noticed the same > > thing while testing under Google Chrome & Firefox 3. In fact, Google > > Chrome, Firefox 3, Safari 4 Public Beta (for Windows), and Opera 9.62 > > all show only a small difference between the two APIs. Unfortunately > > I am developing under a requirement to support IE - and the difference > > in the APIs gets quite ugly as you draw more layers on the new API > > using IE7 or IE6; however the older APIs function in an acceptable > > way. > > > Thanks again, > > > John > > > On May 29, 8:33 am, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > John, > > > > I played with your samples for a bit, and didn't see a large speed > > > difference (running Google Chrome & Firefox 3), but I did notice a > > > definite 'blink' when drawing under the newer API, as the titles would > > > disappear for a fraction of a second before redrawing. This was not > > > reproduced on the older API. > > > > Hope it helps some. > > > > -Mike Ethetton > > > Master Toolworks, LLC > > > > On May 28, 2:13 pm, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have developed a web application for the FAA using Google Maps API > > > > to display a variety of data that we are processing here for the WAAS > > > > System. > > > > > One of the features of the map is the ability to display different > > > > contour levels which are displayed by creating a series of GPolygon > > > > objects. > > > > > I have noticed as time has gone on that the drawing of these polygons > > > > has been taking more and more time - to the point now where the latest > > > > version is actually taking a noticeable amount of time to redraw the > > > > polygons. > > > > > To illustrate this problem I have created two different websites. > > > > Both sites are using the same exact javascript files that I wrote to > > > > manage and display the data, the only difference is the API Version > > > > being loaded in the -script- tag in the HTML document. > > > > > Google Maps Version 2.140http://www.nstb.tc.faa.gov/sms14.html > > > > > Google Maps Version 2.159http://www.nstb.tc.faa.gov/sms159.html > > > > > To demonstrate how the polygon redrawing has slowed down - click on > > > > the 'real-time' button on the upper right hand corner and start > > > > clicking on some layers that draw Polygons (RNP 0.3, RNP 0.1, LVNAV, > > > > LPV, LPV200). The polygons draw almost instantaneously on Version > > > > 2.140 - but watch how slow they draw on 2.159. > > > > > The layers need to be drawn in a particular order - since GPolygons do > > > > not currently support Z-Indexs (as far as I'm aware) there is a > > > > function called that will redraw polygon layers to make sure they are > > > > stacked in the correct order. > > > > > Anyhow I am just curious if anybody else has noticed this issue.- Hide > > > > quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
