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		blakeperdue on Aug 10, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: HackrTrackr.com Nearly crashed by browser. Perhaps limit the initial number of map items to load?

bd on Aug 10, 2009 | [–]

Yes please. There are many clustering / level-of-detail solutions available for Google Maps:

Handling Large Amounts of Markers in Google Maps

http://www.svennerberg.com/2009/01/handling-large-amounts-of...

rantfoil on Aug 10, 2009 | [–]

Yeah, seriously -- there are ways to tell gmaps to show a limited number of points based on zoom level.

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