Question

I am making a mashup where thumbnails will be shown over a google map.

The problem is that many thumbnails will share the same coordinate. So if I plot them like markers, they will be one on top of the other.

Have you seen any creative solution for this problem? Thanks

Answer 1

There are a few Javascript libraries that implement Clustering and are very easy to integrate into an existing mashup:

• MarkerClusterer – I used this for a mashup and found it easy to integrate, with a nice set of default icons.
• ClusterMarker – I haven’t used this one, but it seems pretty functional.

You can also read this blog post which goes over the various alternatives.