[ka-Map-users] overlays and infowindows

[Paul Spencer]

I really like the simplicity of the yahoo stuff.  I find the Google  
one a bit overpowering.  The real wow factor for google is the drop  
shadow when I look at it.

On 1-Mar-06, at 9:29 PM, Base Bloc wrote:

> Hi Brent,
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> I’ve implemented overLIB @ http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/ on a  
> mapserver API, and am about to start testing it with ka-map, it’s a  
> very presentable method that can create Yahoo style tool tips  
> easily, although a tad on the heavy side. I’m still of two minds on  
> tool tips, I like the Yahoo system as it’s simple and effective  
> although lacking the ‘wow’ factor of Google.
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> Sorry; a little off topic but;
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> Do Yahoo and Google retrieve their tool tips in different ways, if  
> so which do you guys think is the best way? Yahoo seem to get all  
> the markers and related html for every marker within the extent  
> onload, then the mouseover is instant although there is some lag  
> laying down the markers, and then the tool tip disappears on  
> mouseout. With Google it seems like they lay down the markers  
> onload (fast) and then go back to the server for the html to fill  
> the div onmouseover, then the tool tip disappears when the map is  
> clicked.
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> I personally feel that Google markers are good for the initial  
> ‘wow’ factor, but will soon become annoying especially with a small  
> viewport as seems to be the case with most commercial applications.  
> This approach seems strange from a company which unlike Yahoo  
> gained popularity from its search engine due to a fast and simple  
> design (Maybe a sign of the times at Google?). I don’t know much  
> about Google maps but I wonder how long it will be before people  
> developing elaborate commercial applications will start seeing pay- 
> per-click markers appearing all over their maps?
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> For us guys using mapserver (although Google maps aren’t even an  
> option in this part of the world), I think it will be a case of ‘he  
> who laughs last laughs loudest’.
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> Chris
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