Did you ever find a Google Maps Expert ? On Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:24:04 AM UTC-7, Nic Rodgers wrote: > > I'm looking for a Google Maps expert, with experience of server side > clustering, who can deliver the following: > > 1. A Google Map (using the Javascript API) that displays: > a) By default, it is zoomed out to show the whole of the UK > b) At the default zoom, it shows 10 cluster markers. These should > represent the most dense areas of markers. (Eg. If there are 1000 > markers within London, then London should have a cluster marker shown > at the default zoom level) > c) Clicking one of the cluster marker zooms in to a level where > you see more cluster markers, or actual markers (depending on the > number of markers in the current viewable area). > d) As you zoom in, you see more markers. > e) Clicking on a marker opens a standard Google 'Bubble' window, > containing some text and an image from the database. > > > Notes: > 1) A MySQL database contains rows for every marker that should > appear on the map. Each row contains the Latitude/Longitude of the > marker, and a marker type - there are 9 different markers (they are > all the same width and height) that will be displayed on the map (we > have designed these and will supply you with GIF/JPEG versions of each > marker.) > > 2) The database currently contains around 1000 markers. It is > expected to grow to 50,000. > > 3) Because of the expected number of markers in the database, a > server side clustering solution is required (the JavaScript clustering > solution ClusterMarker is too slow with more than 1000 markers). > > 4) The server-side clustering solution must run on PHP and be > similar in functionality to the ACME labs clusterer, but PHP/MySQL > based. > > 5) How you implement the marker clustering is up to you - so long > as it is fast and scalable. Several methods seem to be popular - see > relevant links below. > > If you are interested in working with us on this, please can you email > me with an idea of when you could start, when you'd be able to > complete the work, and how much you would charge. > > We are a UK company but willing to work with experts worldwide. We > have a budget of up to around $1000 US. > > Potentially helpful (or irrelevant!) links > [a] > http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/browse_thread/thread/6ef32d27075b59b5 > > > [b] http://forum.sydphp.org/?a=topic&t=1074 > > [c] http://uwmike.com/maps/dams/index.php?data=au > > [d] > http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API/browse_thread/thread/90668ec4265df08f/aa1e2224825b185c?lnk=raot > > >
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