FusionTablesLayer may also be suitable in this case. Regards, James
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Chad Killingsworth <[email protected]> wrote: > Scrolling is slow because of the number of DOM elements. With a KML > layer, it would be a HUGE speed improvement. > > This also looks to be a prime candidate for marker clustering. > > Chad Killingsworth > > On Jun 30, 4:43 pm, Raphael Krut-Landau <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a map set up at <http://openhatch.org/people/>. It has a couple >> thousand markers. When you scroll, the map shudders and hangs a bit. >> How can I make it faster? What do you do to keep a map displaying this >> much information scrolling smoothly? Are there "best practices" within >> Google Maps v3, or add-ons I should use? >> >> Note that the scrolling of this map is pretty fluid when there are >> fewer markers, e.g., <http://openhatch.org/people/?q=project >> %3ATwisted>. >> >> Best, >> >> Raphael >> >> p.s. Something we've thought about: We're generating the markers in >> JS. We could use KML, but we don't think that would make it go faster, >> because it's the scrolling that's slow, not the marker-making. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
