Thanks Mike.
This is more complex that what I thought first...
And not much documentation is available online.

I appreciate your answer. I'll think I will stick with simpler
solution like marker clustering.

On Sep 2, 1:08 pm, Mike Williams <[email protected]> wrote:
> Those dots are not GMarkers, they're a GLayer. That layer consists of
> three parts:
>
> 1.  A GTileLayerOverlay that displays tiles like this:
>
>    http://mlt0.google.com/mapslt?lyrs=lmq:8:pizza*,|s:11259793464583361879
> 9|h:2b|cc:FR&x=4147&y=2817&z=13&w=256&h=256&gl=fr&hl=fr
>
> 2. a mechanism for obtaining the infowindow details for clicked hotspots
>
> 3. a mechanism for changing the cursor when the mouse is over a hotspot
>
> At present there's no interface for creating custom GLayers, so to do
> the same sort of thing you'd have to do the three sections separately.
>
> 1. You'll need a server that can search your database and create a
> suitable tile image with just the hotspots shown. Use that server to
> supply the tiles for a GTileLayerOverlay.
>
> 2. The easiest way to do that is to listen for all map clicks and send
> the coordinates to a server which scans your database and returns the
> infowindow details if there's a hotspot at that location.
>
> 3. Is quite tricky, but has been discussed in the group before, so
> search the group when you get that far.
>
> --
> Mike Williamshttp://econym.org.uk/gmap
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