Finally found some documentation on kml files, I had to do some digging. Basically for a simple marker I'd just need to define the kml entry as something along the lines of:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2";> <Placemark> <name>Simple placemark</name> <description>Attached to the ground. Intelligently places itself at the height of the underlying terrain.</description> <Point> <coordinates>-122.0822035425683,37.42228990140251,0</coordinates> </Point> </Placemark> </kml> Is this correct? If so is there a way to go about doing this dynamically on the fly? The reason I ask is that I am reading a file from my c++ app and my map is basically on an embedded html object. I read the information from the c and was just passing it to the javascript to store and then create the markers then bulk add with marker manager. Is there a way to create this on the fly, or will I need to work this into my c++ program and save another file in this format instead? On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Nathan Raley <[email protected]> wrote: > So how hard would it be to convert my markers into a kml file to add as a > kml overlay? > > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Chad Killingsworth < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Jun 21, 10:08 am, Nathan Raley <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I have a quick question regarding kml layers. >> > >> > I am reading a file with several coordinates and am currently generating >> > anywhere between 100-2000+ markers on my map, each has a click event >> > associated with them now, b/c of the changes between the v2 and v3 of >> the >> > api, that returns the position of the marker. >> > >> > Currently I am using marker manager to add these markers to the map in >> bulk >> > and I am managing how many are being shown at different view stages. >> > >> > Would I get better functionality using kml layers to render the makers >> and >> > handle the kml event than I would be using marker manager to handle the >> > markers? >> >> From a performance standpoint - definitely yes. >> >> > I'm assuming there's no way to bulk add markers to a kml layer by >> > using something like marker manager is there? >> >> You don't add anything to a KmlLayer once it has been created. You can >> add new layers which will add more data to the same rendered tile >> layer. >> >> Chad Killingsworth >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<google-maps-js-api-v3%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-js-api-v3?hl=en.
