On Friday, November 2, 2012 5:50:17 PM UTC-4, StarTraX wrote:
> I know this is a pretty old thread, but It's exactly the topic I'm
> struggling with right now. google.maps.MarhkerImage  does it so elegantly
> with MarkerImage.
> Did you have any success in using a sprite map to generate icons in
> geplugin?

> On Saturday, July 10, 2010 12:37:19 AM UTC+10, Earth API Guru wrote:

>> Hi,

>> That is it exactly, use the maps api and add the sprites exactly as
>> you would ala-maps. The markers should show as place-marks just as you
>> want when in earth view. If I get some time I might have a play with
>> this myself as I would be interested to see if it works too.

>> F.

>> On Jul 9, 6:49 am, Nymor wrote:
>> > Hi Fraser,

>> > To be honest I'm not sure - I'm new to Maps myself.

>> > Creating an icon in Maps using the sprite technique looks something
>> > like:-

>> > var iconImage = new google.maps.MarkerImage(
>> >                     "mySpriteSheet.png", // icon sprite sheet
>> >                     new google.maps.Size(32, 32), // Icon size
>> >                     new google.maps.Point(32, 64), // Origin -
>> > position in sprite sheet
>> >                     new google.maps.Point(16, 16) // Anchor point
>> >                 );

>> > It seems very "maps" orientated. However I understand, I think, what
>> > you mean - for example if a Marker was created in Maps and then the
>> > view was changed to Earth would the Marker show in the Earth view or
>> > would you have to recreate it with the Earth API? While I am coding
>> > for both Earth and Maps in my app I'm doing them separately (you
>> > either have Earth installed or it drops back to a Maps version) so I
>> > don't switch to Earth from within Maps and therefore don't know what
>> > carries over automatically between the views.

>> > Thanks for the suggestion though - if anyone who may have done this
>> > could comment I'm all ears.

>> > Regards
>> > Nymor

>> > On Jul 9, 2:05 am, fraser (Earth API Guru) wrote:

>> > > Hi Nymor,

>> > > I don't know a great deal about the maps api so shoot me down if this
>> > > is totally off the mark.
>> > > Could you not implement the functionality of the sprites in the maps
>> > > api into the earth api?
>> > > I am thinking along the lines of how the maps-to-earth functionality
>> > > is supported when geocoding for example.

>> > > Anyhow, just a thought....

>> > > F.

>> > > On Jul 8, 11:50 pm, Nymor wrote:

>> > > > Hi,

>> > > > I'll take that as a no so new feature request filed athttp://
>> code.google.com/p/earth-api-samples/issues/detail?id=493  

>> > > > Nymor

>> > > > On Jun 23, 8:06 am, Nymor wrote:

>> > > > > Hi,

>> > > > > (I suspect the answer to this is no(?) but thought I'd
>> double-check.)

>> > > > > Is it possible to base icons on image sprites for Placemarks  as
>> is
>> > > > > possible for Marker icons in the Maps API?. I appreciate that KML
>> > > > > can't do it but was wondering if it's possible when creating
>> > > > > Placemarks from scratch in javascript.

>> > > > > I have situations where I load alot of different icons (~100) and
>> > > > > that's alot of individual network round trips and when doing the
>> same
>> > > > > in Maps I can just load one sprite image for the lot.

>> > > > > If not I feel a feature request coming on...

>> > > > > Thanks
>> > > > > Nymor