Hi there, I know this issue has been posted probably a couple of times, and the answer was always that we should use the clustering lib to avoid putting too many MarkerImages on the map.
But my question is something else: If I put 400 Markers (using the default, Google's marker image as an icon) then why is the map really fast? And if I use a custom icon, no matter how detailed, if it's transparent or not, it will be a 100 times slower. http://www.viewranger.com/kristof/p1.html (Google's icon) http://www.viewranger.com/kristof/p2.html (My icon) I tried to optimise the custom icon as best as I could, but when I found out that even using a 5x5 pixel big icon (non-transparent, only #ffffff colored pixels) and the map is still unbelievably slow, I started windering what kind of magic icon does google use? Why can't I create such a good, optimised icon? Is it even possible to create an optimised icon? Or is Google cheating in someway? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-maps-js-api-v3/-/9fmhHrHRU5UJ. 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.
