Tiles are cached in JavaScript, the browser, your ISP, caching proxies, and Google datacenters. Tiles are always fetched by the same url to optimize the cache hit rate.
- Ben On 27 Dec 2010 04:11, "Bill Lee" <[email protected]> wrote: > A question about how Google maps works. > > When I have a map displayed and change its orientation, by dragging or > zooming, the "system" often has to retrieve new map tiles from Google. What > sort of caching mechanism is employed? Does a Google map application rely > only on the browser cache? Or does every use of a specific tile (i.e., > location /zoom level) have to be retrieved over the 'net whenever it is > needed? > > Regards, > > Bill Lee > > -- > 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.
