});

> Good day,

> I couldn't find any useful documentation about thePolygonzoutility
> so I spent a while disassembling the provided complex example and want
> to share my knowledge.

> I created a simple "Hello World" page which you can find athttp://eurobilltracker.com/example/PG/hello_world.html

> It generates a hundred rectangles and draws them on the map. The code
> should be mostly self-explanatory.

> Key concepts:

> - Source data must be a JSON encoded array. Each element must contain
> the following items: fillColor, fillOpacity, strokeColor,
> strokeOpacity, strokeWidth, shapes

> "shapes" itself is an array of points objects. Each element must be
> named "points" and contain an array of coordinate pairs.

> Example:

> var mytest = {
> "places": [
> {"fillColor":color,
>  "fillOpacity":"0.6",
>  "strokeColor":"#000000",
>  "strokeOpacity":"0",
>  "strokeWidth":"0",
>  "shapes":[{"points":[[y1,x1],[y2,x1],[y2,x2],[y1,x2]]}]}
>   ]
>  }

> - Feed the "places" array to thePolygonzoconstructor.

> Example:

> gonzo = newPolyGonzo.GOverlay({
>    places: mytest.places,
>    events: { }});

> map.addOverlay( gonzo );

> I discovered it's a bad idea to create a few hundredPolygonzo
> objects. ;-) Make sure to structure your source data accordingly
> instead.

> -Polygonzodoesn't work properly with IE8. You need to add the meta
> tag to enforce IE7 mode for the time being.

> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />

> Aside from thatPolygonzoworks smoothly with the latest browsers
> (tested FF, Chrome, Opera and IE). A good choice to render hundreds of
> shapes.

> Hope this helps someone,
> Marko

> Nice work Marko. Maybe you could write to one of the project owners
> and ask for permission to update the project wiki and add your
> example?

> What exactly isPolygonzodoing? It looks like it is creating an image
> on the client from the JS data and then overlaying the image on Google
> Maps?

> Dave

> On Nov 8, 5:31 am, Marko <marko.schi...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> > Good day,

> > I couldn't find any useful documentation about thePolygonzoutility
> > so I spent a while disassembling the provided complex example and want
> > to share my knowledge.

> > I created a simple "Hello World" page which you can find athttp://eurobilltracker.com/example/PG/hello_world.html

> > It generates a hundred rectangles and draws them on the map. The code
> > should be mostly self-explanatory.

> > Key concepts:

> > - Source data must be a JSON encoded array. Each element must contain
> > the following items: fillColor, fillOpacity, strokeColor,
> > strokeOpacity, strokeWidth, shapes

> > "shapes" itself is an array of points objects. Each element must be
> > named "points" and contain an array of coordinate pairs.

> > Example:

> > var mytest = {
> > "places": [
> > {"fillColor":color,
> >  "fillOpacity":"0.6",
> >  "strokeColor":"#000000",
> >  "strokeOpacity":"0",
> >  "strokeWidth":"0",
> >  "shapes":[{"points":[[y1,x1],[y2,x1],[y2,x2],[y1,x2]]}]}
> >   ]
> >  }

> > - Feed the "places" array to thePolygonzoconstructor.

> > Example:

> > gonzo = newPolyGonzo.GOverlay({
> >    places: mytest.places,
> >    events: { }});

> > map.addOverlay( gonzo );

> > I discovered it's a bad idea to create a few hundredPolygonzo
> > objects. ;-) Make sure to structure your source data accordingly
> > instead.

> > -Polygonzodoesn't work properly with IE8. You need to add the meta
> > tag to enforce IE7 mode for the time being.

> > <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />

> > Aside from thatPolygonzoworks smoothly with the latest browsers
> > (tested FF, Chrome, Opera and IE). A good choice to render hundreds of
> > shapes.

> > Hope this helps someone,
> > Marko