On Jun 21, 11:32 am, Nathan Raley <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?
Looks like it to me - although I'm no expert at mentally parsing KML :-) >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? I dynamically generate my Kml. Remember though, that Kml files MUST be served from a public web server. Google's servers actually request the file and parse it. The client only sees the resulting tiles - not the Kml file directly. You can use whatever server-side language/platform you are most comfortable with. Chad Killingsworth > > > 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%2B > >> [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.
