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Update, 2nd August 2008
Suddenly it seems that the KML export from My Maps no longer pages like it used to, so this process is now a lot quicker!
Just use the link ‘View in Google Earth’, and paste it directly in the search box to get access to the geographical culling method. No more going and creating a kml file or any sillyness.
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Introduction
In order to keep the map working at reasonable speed Google Maps needs to limit the available features visible at once, quite simply the more features shown the slower the map gets.
For MyMaps the features are split into pages, so that a reasonable amount of data is shown on one page – effectivly enough that will work at a reasonable speed. This normally results in between 60-200 features at once, but sometimes that is not enough.
However Google Maps uses a different limited method when displaying KML files, a regional geographical culling based method. A certain number of features are shown, to give a reasonable overview, but then as you zoom in more features become visible. This often results in more results being visible, but importantly doesn’t impose the arbitrary pages, so its often more friendly on the user, as can just zoom in on an area rather than flick though pages to find their area.
I’ve moved the meat of this post to a thread on the Google Maps Group – let Google host it!
Hi,
Very useful site! Not sure if this is the proper way to pose a question but…..
is there a way to make links from map markers open a new window – even when embedded in a web page? mine work fine on the google maps homepage, but open in the same window when embedded.
many thanks
Colin
Update, 2nd August 2008
Suddenly it seems that the KML export from My Maps no longer pages like it used to, so this process is now a lot quicker!
Just use the link ‘View in Google Earth’, and paste it directly in the search box to get access to the geographical culling method. No more going and creating a kml file or any sillyness.
Hi!
I was seaching fo the solution to my poblem and googled out this article. You say that everything is all right with the paging now, but that doesn’t seem as my case. I was trying for hours to get the map here not to page, but without any results. Maybe you know, what to do as you have already explored similar problem.
ok, after reading you responses in googlemaps thread I finally realized that I need to paste the link in the search bar of maps.google.com, not the url bar or field in my maps import. Now the only question left is – do I really need to paste that link in serch box every time (and give the link with the link if I want to share my map)?