BTW: We have a new version rolling out in a few days (to 1.1), with performance improvements for the GeoChart, I suggest you give it another look.
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Radek Šimko <[email protected]> wrote: > In the meantime i've noticed, there's an Intensity > map<http://code.google.com/intl/cs-CZ/apis/chart/interactive/docs/examples.html#intensity_map_example>, > which may be a workaround for what i need, but without labels on countries > the map loses its informational value. > Just look at number and size of countries in Europe - there's almost > impossible to distinguish each country when the map is not large enough. > > Even if citizen distiguish its own country on the map, getting the real > value (population e.g.) of the country is only guessing according to the > color hue. > > I'll probably do similar workaround, but with geo > map<http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/?type=visualization#geo_map> > and > some tabs above the map (for switching between metrics). > > It's a bit pitty, that new > Geochart<http://code.google.com/intl/cs-CZ/apis/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/geochart.html>(in > SVG) is actually in "beta" and is a bit slow when showing labels over > countries (even in last dev build of Chrome). > I would be happy to use open technologies, like SVG, but this is now > unusable. > I guess you guys are working hard on that to make it better and i'm looking > forward, when this will be ready to use on production. > > Anyway all mentioned workarounds let me display only one metrics on the > map, no more, so the user cannot easily compare more metrics on one map. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Visualization API" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-visualization-api/-/-P3rC4U52J0J. > > 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-visualization-api?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Visualization API" 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-visualization-api?hl=en.
