Hi
I’m having some issues with KML performance. At some times the KML markers only appear after a reload which may have to do with google caching the results. I think a better solution is needed perhaps something like displaying a total of markers for an area on a larger zoom level and then more detailed for levels that have more zoom. Is such a solution feasible and if so, how? Can you think of other ways how I can improve performance of my KML map? The links are http://www.koolbusiness.com and the KML file is http://www.koolbusiness.com/list.kml
I can load the KML file into maps.google.com with no problem however when trying to display it on my custom map the display sometimes won’t load.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
UPDATE: I’ve updated to using a KMZ file with zip compression. The file is available via http://www.koolbusiness.com/list.kmz and the source and more info is available at http://montao.googlecode.com
don’t know if it affects performance but it seems like you need to configure the mime types for kml files.
http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/kml_tut.html#kml_server
Have you tried to compress the kml files as kmz files? You can do this with a zip program and just call the file kmz.
You repeat the style element in the placemarks but you can also create them under the doucment element and then just reference them with an id. http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/kmlreference.html#style