UPDATE: Even better, it also happens in Google's own examples (from the Tutorial section):
http://code.google.com/intl/de/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/maptype-base.html Change the Maptype (upper right corner) to "Map" and back to "Tile #s" and you have to wait about 6 seconds until the EMPTY tiles are loaded whereas the more detailed tiles of the Map are loaded immediately. I'm pretty sure that this effect started on Jan. 25th! Thanks -- 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/-/OhZmrxxxRD8J. To post to this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.