> Does anyone have any information on the best way to create a university > map? I work for a university in the Midwest and we are trying to update our > campus map from a static PDF to a more interactive Google map. Many of our > buildings are missing from Google Maps and my efforts with Google Map Maker > have been fruitless. I made some edits that sat there for two months before > I got an email saying that they were approved, but they never showed up on > the map. I've looked into the Base Map Partner Program, but we don't have > the correct file formats that Google requires and I do not know how to > obtain them. If anyone knows how to get those correct formats, I would very > much appreciate some help. > > I just want to create a simple map with all of our buildings on it and > access to layers with parking and dining information. KML polygons for our > buildings do not seem to be the best option since that much KML loads > slowly for our large campus. Image overlays also load slowly. Ideally, I'd > like to build something like this:http://www.washington.edu/maps/but I do > not know how they made the image tiles. If anyone can give me some pointers > on this project, I would really appreciate it. I've been researching for > about a month and I am at my wits' end. I've never worked with interactive > maps before and have limited experience with Javascript, so any help would > be much appreciated. Also, if anyone knows who to contact at Google about a > project like this, please let me know. Thanks for your help. > > Megan
The use of JSON rather than KML will improve performance. Buildings with identical attributes (color / opacity) can be combined in a single multi-part poly to reduce overhead. It is similar to a state like Hawaii with many islands. Do you have a link to what you have done already ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-js-api-v3?hl=en.
