Google map tiles vs API tiles difference

[eda...@gmail.com]

When I'm looking at the regular Google Maps at one of our golf courses
here:
http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=39.56930808970085,+-104.93677139282227&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.371738,57.568359&ie=UTF8&ll=39.567919,-104.938617&spn=0.018758,0.02811&z=15
it shows the golf course just fine.

On my API maps, it has nothing in this space, no name, no green, no
missing tiles just blank space. Here is the link
http://www.ssprd.org/southsubnew/maptest/boundary1.asp

I'm wondering why this is? We'd like to switch back to Google Maps
now that they have the golf course name correct, but it's not showing
and we are forced to use Yahoo maps because they at least show a golf
course. Is there anything that I can do?

Thanks for your time,
Erika

[Grok Lobster]

You could use a ground overlay if you have a good aerial photo of the
course. Other than that, I think you will have to wait until the API
tiles get updated to include your course.Someone else may have other
ideas.

On Jul 27, 11:21 am, "eri...@sspr.org" <eda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I'm looking at the regular Google Maps at one of our golf courses

> here:http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=39.5693080...

> it shows the golf course just fine.
>
> On my API maps, it has nothing in this space, no name, no green, no

> missing tiles just blank space.  Here is the linkhttp://www.ssprd.org/southsubnew/maptest/boundary1.asp

[eda...@gmail.com]

Thanks Grok I'll give the ground overlay a shot, if not I guess I'll
just wait.

Thanks again!

[William]

On Jul 28, 4:21 am, "eri...@sspr.org" <eda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm wondering why this is?  
>

yeah I dunno why the content is different, with the same tile version,
looking at Firebug the only difference in url is the source (src=api)

API
http://mt0.google.com/vt/lyrs=m@130&src=api&hl=en-GB&x=6832&s=&y=12456&z=15&s=

Google Maps
http://mt0.google.com/vt/lyrs=m@130&hl=en&x=6832&s=&y=12456&z=15&s=

...

[Grok Lobster]

Actually, after looking at it again, I would recommend using a kml
overlay for the street map - which you can easily generate in Google
Earth. Or present viewers with the satellite map to begin with and add
a ground overlay with the course name.

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[Mike Dolbow]

I've noticed this effect as well, and always wondered if anyone figured out a way to get the production tiles, or at least a few versions closer. Pointing to the production version of the API instead of a stable subversion (aka, v=3 instead of v=3.4) doesn't seem to make any difference. The attached screenshots show the difference. Many of the detailed places you see in the maps tiles are places my inspectors would like to see in the API tiles.