I'm interested in learning when Google is planning to turn off version 1 of the Google Maps API. I have a client who has some pretty big mapping ideas, but we want to develop the requirements first. However, if a forced upgrade is imminent, we'd like to know so we can just do the upgrade without trying to crowbar in the features.
I searched for 'upgrade' in this google group but wasn't able to find anything relevant.
(I've already tried just changing the version parameter in the javascript, but unfortunately we used openInfoWindowXSLT so a more involved upgrade process is likely.)
We don't have a specific time frame for turning off v1. I've mentioned in previous threads that we'll improve v2 performance before the switch. In the meantime, I'd recommend doing any new work in v2, so that there's no need to convert it from v1.
> I'm interested in learning when Google is planning to turn off version > 1 of the Google Maps API. I have a client who has some pretty big > mapping ideas, but we want to develop the requirements first. However, > if a forced upgrade is imminent, we'd like to know so we can just do > the upgrade without trying to crowbar in the features.
> I searched for 'upgrade' in this google group but wasn't able to find > anything relevant.
> (I've already tried just changing the version parameter in the > javascript, but unfortunately we used openInfoWindowXSLT so a more > involved upgrade process is likely.)
Since the two week notice to upgrade to v2 depends on the performance improvements being released, it would really help to know if that release is days, weeks or months off. I'm a bit concerned about the timing for upgrading our current v1 code to v2 as two weeks is pretty short. Any more resolution you can provide would be very helpful for planning.
> We don't have a specific time frame for turning off v1. I've mentioned in > previous threads that we'll improve v2 performance before the switch. In the > meantime, I'd recommend doing any new work in v2, so that there's no need to > convert it from v1.
> Since the two week notice to upgrade to v2 depends on the performance > improvements being released, it would really help to know if that > release is days, weeks or months off. I'm a bit concerned about the > timing for upgrading our current v1 code to v2 as two weeks is pretty > short. Any more resolution you can provide would be very helpful for > planning.
> Thanks, > Anthony
> Joel Headley wrote: > > Hi Dan,
> > We don't have a specific time frame for turning off v1. I've mentioned > in > > previous threads that we'll improve v2 performance before the switch. In > the > > meantime, I'd recommend doing any new work in v2, so that there's no > need to > > convert it from v1.
If you've got a map that's going to take over two weeks to convert, and don't want to use v2 at present due to the speed issues, it would be a good idea to perform the conversion development now but continue to use the v1 version on your live site.
That way, you can make the v2 version live as soon as the speed issue is resolved, and not have to worry about missing the two week deadline.
