So,
today everything looks right on the map when loading it within the
game.

I would still like to know about querystring parameters in KML files
as well as why my map doesn't update when I reload it with different
KML data?

On Sep 9, 10:41 pm, Michael Robellard <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a game that I have written called Railroad Empire that uses
> Google Maps.http://apps.facebook.com/railroadempire
>
> The problem that I am having is that my map is very slow to load in IE
> compared to Firefox, Chrome or Safari. So my plan was to change the
> data on my map from a very large amount of javascript to a kml file,
> however I have run into several problems, and was wondering if I am
> even going down the right path.
>
> When I try to load the map in my full game environment sometimes some
> of the overlay tiles don't load, you'll see markers on part of the
> map, but not all of it. Sometimes you'll see generic purple markers
> instead of my icons, or sometime you will see nothing at all. When I
> take the map out of the game environment this does not happen. Anyone
> have any ideas?
>
> Next, it seems that you cannot use querystring parameters in your KML
> urls for KMLLayer, is that correct? I cannot find any documentation
> one way or another. but my KML was not loading with a Querystring.
>
> If I change the output of the KML and then reload the map, it seems to
> keep the previous data and not re-render the map. Is there some sort
> of caching going on? Is there a preferred way around this problem?
>
> You can see the full beta game with the KML layer 
> here:http://apps.facebook.com/railroadempire-beta
>
> You can see the maptest without the game code 
> here:http://beta.latest.railroadempire.appspot.com/map/maptest
> you can 
> usehttp://beta.latest.railroadempire.appspot.com/map/maptest?action=add
> to change denver, CO to the black icon
> andhttp://beta.latest.railroadempire.appspot.com/map/maptest?action=subt...
> to change it yellow,
> as you'll see the map does not update, but the KML output by the url
> does.http://beta.latest.railroadempire.appspot.com/map/stations.kml
>
> Any help on these issue would be appreciated

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