On Jul 16, 2:30 pm, Awilson430 <[email protected]> wrote: > I created some overlay data and stored it on my web server. I also > wrote some code to use the Google Maps API to create a map on my > website. I need to know if my overlay data is sent to the Google > servers for rendering on my website, or is all the redering done > locally on my web server using the APIs? Is there any documentation > of how this is accomplished? Thanks for the help.
The API is Javascript which runs on client browsers, that is, the browsers which render your website for viewing. You don't say what your data is, but there are several types: - data such as marker locations which is hard-coded into the page (either as a static file or as a dynamically-generated page): this is served from your server to the client and doesn't go via Google. - data which is requested by the client, using GDownloadUrl(). This is requested from your server by the client, and doesn't go via Google. - data which has to be rendered using GGeoXml. This will go via Google. It's *possible* for the API to do anything internally, including sending the location of every GMarker it creates, or the text of every infoWindow which is opened, or whatever. This post http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/web/map-indexing-faq indicates that infoWindow content is indexed. This thread http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/browse_thread/thread/6b7be8d79e5670a5 contains some more detail but precious little from Google. However it does indicate how to stop indexing if you're concerned about it. -- 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.
