Hi Matt, You are correct in inferring that the file is taking too long to fetch.
By appending a random number (to prevent Google caching the file) you are effectively making the KML file dynamic - Google must download and parse the file every time you change that random number. I used wget to time downloading that file a few times, and saw a median download time of 6 seconds and a maximum of 59 seconds (SVN is probably not well suited to acting as a content server). Ideal download times would be under 1 second. Some suggestions: * Most importantly, do not append random numbers to your KML file when your site is in production. Change the URL only when the content of the underlying KML file has actually changed. During development is fine. * Consider zipping the file and serving it as a *.kmz file. It compresses from 1.2M to 124K which should download much faster. * Serve the file from a faster or more consistent server. I've found that Google AppEngine works well for static files. Regards, James On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Matthew C <[email protected]> wrote: > By the way, > http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/forum.html?place=forum/google-maps-js-api-v3 > seems to be related, but they're discussing dynamically generated KML and > this is static and there doesn't seem to be an answer there either. Meant to > mention this thread in the original post, sorry about that. > -Matt > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
