You might want to check out the Google Charts API, which has a Map type, http://code.google.com/apis/chart/types.html#maps
On Jul 25, 11:10 am, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for your quick response, what would you recommend as a solution > > because I have seen examples where large amounts of data are being > > displayed. How do they do this? > > Since the problem is with parsing and rendering complex/large KML, > look for alternative parsers. > There are two commonly-used 3rd party parsers, GGeoXml and GeoXml. > Or of course you can write your own parser (especially worth > considering if you're only using a subset of KML functions, like say > polys - you don't have to support everything). > These run client-side, so you'll lose browser performance to download > and analyse fat KML files. > > Note that doesn't do anything about other inherent limitiations of the > maps API - trying to display several hundred complex polys will still > crease the browser. > > It's possible to build a server-side KML parser that would render to > tile overlays instead (like Google's parser does in some > circumstances) but I don't know of anyone that has done that. > Drawbacks of that would be ease of interaction (click, mouseover) > client-side but all things are possible. > > cheers, Ross K --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
