Alright guys, I have been working on a project for the past few months, I have learned quite a bit, but also I have made quite a list of problems.
Here is the site for reference (coverageviewer.info) Now, most of what I am talking about is on the "Beta Viewer" page. Here are my questions... -Is there any way to have a layer (Map) load and show a progress bar when called up (via a Radio Button or Check Box) Currently all 7 layers load when the page is loaded and all but one are hidden. Basically I want to be able to toggle between the different coverage maps and overlay the Spectrum maps. If I cant load on call, is it possible at all to display some kind of progress bar so it doesn't look like nothing is loading? -This is the big one, currently I am using semi-transparent PNG images so that the roads layer is visible underneath. While having the transparency adds ability to see aerials and the other maps, zooming in causes the coverage layer to dissapear. So, a.) Is there a way to use a GIF overlay (smaller file, faster load) and just have the "Map Layer" from the Aerials be overlayed? I know there has been some discussions on this before. or b.) not have the maps dissapear when zooming in. For reference, it appears that the maps stay no matter how far you zoom in on Safari only. I don't know if that is because of it being Webkit. I don't know any other Webkit browsers to test that out on. -The layers just don't even load in IE 7. I have spent so much time trying to make this work in IE, I am sick of having it always work in everything BUT IE. So thats pretty much an "if its easy or have time" thing. I'm not going out of my way for IE. -Other than that anything else that would make the site work better, load faster, be more stable and be overall easier to use. I assume most of you have cell phones, so I think you can see the idea of the site, basically, if you were looking for that information, what would you expect from that site? Its not meant to be anything like a company or anything, it was just something I threw together in my spare time for the people over at HoFo, and it kinda became a project and somebody gave me some server space, so, its kinda panned out. Its more really a learning experience. :-) -Also, one side note. I was working on the side to try and make an iPhone version of this. I took some of the stuff from these boards on making a full screen deal that can be navigational easier on the iPhone. Everything works okay, I just can't get the layers to load. If light could be shed on that it would be ncie too. :-) I have a test site loaded up at coverageviewer.info/iphone/ Thanks again! I know I have quite a bit of questions, but ANY help on anything would be very appreciated. I would love to add other carriers at some time, but unless I can figure out a way to add more layers without loading them and hiding them, I can't go much further. The page already takes forever to load as it is. Seth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" 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-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
