Hybrid static/dynamic Google Map

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Published on 2009-09-24T03:49:29Z Indexed on 2010/04/12 1:23 UTC
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Ever noticed that when you go to maps.google.com and do a search (say, car wash), it renders a lot of results (represented by small circles) and a few prominent ones (seen as regular-size pins)?

Notice how quickly it does this?

From what I can tell from analyzing this in Firebug, much of this is generated on the server and sent to the client as a static image.

However, it's still dynamic. You can still zoom in and out, or click on a result and see a dynamic InfoWindow rendered.

Google have made the map quick and smooth using static images, while still making it flexible.

Is there a way to do this kind of 'pre-loading' with my own Google Map (implemented with the Google Maps API)?

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