I'm having the same issue with the GMap3 API in FF 3.5.5 (appears to
be working Safari)

http://aialosangeles.org/

Can anyone investigate this?

-j.j.

On Dec 1, 7:54 am, bratliff <[email protected]> wrote:
> The group interface is clobbering URLs.  The following link is an
> example:
>
>    www.polyarc.us/sparse
>
> Tile server reliability seems to have deteriorated recently.  Some
> tiles never arrive.  Switching from/to the same zoom level does not
> force reloading.  Examining the DOM, the tile slot contains a
> "transparent.png" place holder rather than an actual tile image.  The
> only way to load the tile is to reload the application.
>
> Perhaps the optimizer is being a bit too clever.  If the API thinks
> the tile is already loaded, it will not attempt to load it again.
> Well, I believe it is a horrible idea.  If the tile is already loaded,
> it will be served quickly enough from the browser cache.  If the tile
> never arrived, it ought to be requested again.  Every zoom change
> ought to reload every tile.  A slight delay is preferrable to an
> incomplete map.
>
> It is unclear why "transparent.png" is even being used.  If it is to
> disguise progressive rendering, it can be achieved in the onload/
> onerror event handlers with "this.style.display" or
> "this.style.visibility".  The use of a "background-image" is another
> option.
>
> A "watchdog" thread might improve reliability.  Periodically, it could
> look for lazy tiles.  If a tile has exceeded a resonable waiting
> period, the request could be reissued.
>
>     this.src=this.src;
>
> will do the trick.

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