[OpenLayers-Users] Browser hang on large KML markers layer.

[barney holmes]

>On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 01:04:47PM +0000, barney holmes >wrote:
>> The larger KML file that I use is 3.5 mb.

> Loading 3.5 MB of XML into a browser is simply not going to 
> work. You'll
> have to find a different solution.

> Browsers just don't deal well with XML that big. Just getting the 
> XML
> out is a lion's share of the time (determined by profiling). 

Thanks, but I don't really understand your statement. Google Earth can load huge KML layers, although I think it might be using some kind of scaling.
 See...

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=13.923404,-7.03125&spn=170.980165,360&t=h&z=1&lci=lmc:panoramio,lmc:wikipedia_en

If OL cannot load large KML layers is there anything already in the code I can use ? Or maybe future development will include a scaling function for large layers ?

Anyone else have any ideas ?

> Regards,
> -- 
> Christopher Schmidt
> MetaCarta

Barney Holmes

Portal, SpaceDataWiki: SourceForge Project.


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