>From what I can tell, they came from different servers. And the map tile images were generated based on a different DPI setting for mobile devices. A typical monitor is 96 but android device has something like 235 dpi, so there is a big difference for the label text's look and feel under different DPI settings.
It's also appears those tiles may not even 256x256, maybe 128x128(I can not tell for sure, if someone know a good network monitor tool for android please share). It will be nice if the V3 API can instruct the browser to fetch tiles from different servers based on client agent. I agree, those tiles do look a lot better on android. Someone from Google please comment? On Dec 8, 4:30 am, leeoniya <[email protected]> wrote: > hello, > > i noticed there is a significant difference between the images > provided by the java Android Maps application (i think it uses a class > called MapView) and those retrieved by the v3 javascript API at the > same zoom levels > > the street labels in Android Maps are enlarged and clearer, the main > streets are fattened and smaller labels are not shown at all, so > the map looks less cluttered and is much better for navigation on a > mobile device. i'm trying to use the v3 api for making a navigation > webapp with geolocation but the map js v3 image data provided results > in > difficult-to-read maps where the text is too small, streets are > hairline- > thin and the map is too busy. > > i could not find anything in the API docs that allow changing of > street label sizes, control their visibility or any option to use a > "mobile" version of the map data as is used by the java API. > > are there any plans to add this capability in the future or a way to > work around this limitation? > > regards, > Leon -- 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.
