Thanks John for the suggestion. A KML layer looks really interesting, especially since the blog suggests you can render 50,000 features without affecting performance. Do you know if you can cluster with the KML layer? It seems like having 50k markers on the map would be a little nuts, even if the performance is good. I guess I could do my own clustering for some of the high zoom layers and just put a marker out there that states theres x number of markers below that, then when you're zoomed in to a certain level, show the KML layer. Is that what you're thinking?
Trey On Jun 7, 9:49 pm, "maps.huge.info [Maps API Guru]" <[email protected]> wrote: > The obvious answer that I can see is to remove the use of markers from > your map and instead use some sort of pseudo marker. > > My favorite in the situation you describe is to use a tile overlay > embedded with the marker images. To open an infowindow for any > particular marker, just pass the coordinate and zoom level to a server > side program, which will return the data required. It's a lot more > efficient and is scalable. > > Here's a neat example that combines a tile layer and a KML to show > volcano reports from around the world. > > http://www.usnaviguide.com/volcanoes.htm > > -John Coryat > > http://maps.huge.info > > http://www.usnaviguide.com > > http://www.zipmaps.net -- 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.
