Okay, well, I have begun work on this and I was searching around and found something called "EInsert" Every thing works perfectly except one thing. The images do not scale properly using the same coordinates that properly scale the Overlay in the standard Maps API method. What could possibly cause that? Here is what i am at so far. (http:// coverageviewer.info/viewer/index2.htm)
On Feb 15, 5:40 pm, Seth <[email protected]> wrote: > Back when I started this project, I took a look at that tile cutter > thing. The reason I went with a single image is because it has to be > updated quite a bit. It seemed like it would be too difficult to make > an image and then cut them all back up again just for a small change. > All that aside, that site that is supposed to get me started never > loaded my image. So I am pretty much at a dead end going that route. > > Right now I bumped the images down to smaller PNG files, that fixed > the loading problems it seems, but now I can not see roads. Is there > anyway to overlay roads? I don't have much time to work on this, so > its kinda one of those things I would like to stay functional without > a lot of worrk. > > On Jan 30, 5:10 am, marcelo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The main problem you have is the size of the overlays. > > I've seen at least 2 of them 3.5 MB each. That's huge! > > > If you break them up into tiles, and load them as a GTileLayerOverlay > > it would go much faster. > > When you load them as one big image that then gets scaled down on > > display, you're sending a truckload of unnecessary bytes to the > > browser. > > > Search the group, (and the Mapki), for a "tile cutter". > > You'd first scale them and then cut tiles for each zoom level. > > > To give you an idea of the difference in loading time, take a look at > > this > > map:http://maps.forum.nu/gm_main.html?lat=36.949892&lon=-99.667969&z=4&mT... > > Same area of coverage, much faster loading. > > > BTW, check your opening <html> tag. > > > -- > > Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu > > -- > > > On Jan 30, 11:15 am,Seth<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
