This is unbelievable... I removed the scaling (which doesn't even happen because the original size is the same as the new size):
http://www.viewranger.com/kristof/p3.html And it is really fast... This should definitely be mentioned in the documentation! This would help many people a lot! Thanks, Kristof On Oct 14, 12:37 am, Ben Appleton <[email protected]> wrote: > Your code triggers the older DOM markers as it specifies a scale: > icon: new google.maps.MarkerImage( > > 'http://viewranger.com/buddybeacon/v2/images/markers/marker_FF0000.png', > new google.maps.Size(15,20), // original size > new google.maps.Point(0,0), // origin > new google.maps.Point(8,20), // anchor > new google.maps.Size(15,20) // scaled size > ) > instead if you pass > icon: > 'http://viewranger.com/buddybeacon/v2/images/markers/marker_FF0000.png' > you'll get the faster Canvas markers. > > - Ben > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Kristóf Kótai <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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. -- 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.
