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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi Brent,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ve implemented overLIB @ <a
href="http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/">http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/</a>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sorry; a little off topic but;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>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?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>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’.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Christopher Brown<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Head of Internet Development<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Base Bloc <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Cambodia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#33, 123, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Phnom Penh</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Cambodia</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
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8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>www.basebloc.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tel (+885) 12 315 302<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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