On Jul 13, 3:44 pm, moderntymes <[email protected]> wrote: > If there is throttling, which would certainly explain this, Google > should really say so in their API. If it weren't for their rate > limiting, seems like it would load plenty fast since the 10 that work > ok come up quite fast. Forty doesn't seem like so many to me, > considering I've seen examples where there are 100s or even thousands > of markers. I understand they must not be geolocating for those, but > still... They aren't geocoding, they are using latitude and longitude directly without using any additional resources from google other than the API javascript and the map tiles.
Geocoding is a shared "free" resource. You are trying to hog it. The rate limit prevents people from doing that. -- Larry > > I read and re-read the section in the API regarding geolocation (again > just now) and didn't see anything about a rate limit, other than the > 2500/day limit. I appreciate your info and quick responses, to make up for what the online references lacked! > > On Jul 13, 11:50 am, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I have no idea why there would be OVER_QUERY_LIMIT error, but isn't > > > that on a per client basis anyway? I certainly haven't made 2500 > > > geolocation requests today. That seems very odd. > > > Not odd at all. 2500/day is one every 35 seconds. Google do allow > > you to have small bursts, but they do also apply a rate limit which > > your method is clearly breaking. You need to throttle your > > requests. Your map is going to load very slowly if you geocode every > > time someone views it. > > > Geocode your data at point of entry to the database ; it matters not > > if it changes daily. Not only does it prevent your application from > > hogging resources shared by other people, but your own map will > > perform many times faster.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
