2011/8/24 - New Release

[Chris Broadfoot (Google Employee)]

Hi all,

We recently released a new version of the Maps API.

The most noticeable change in this release is that business icons are now on by default. They can be removed by applying a style that hides "poi.business" labels.

This can be set as the "styles" option on the MapOptions object, which will be applied across roadmap, hybrid and terrain map types. The correct style to use is:

[

  {

    featureType: "poi.business",

    elementType: "labels",

    stylers: [

      { visibility: "off" }

    ]

  }

]

In this release:

  * Hardware acceleration disabled for Chrome/Mac: fixes marker rendering issue and overlay clicking (Issue 3544, Issue 3551)

  * Pinch-to-zoom fixed for Android when the page has been scrolled (Issue 3373)

  * Business icons are now on by default.

Thanks

Chris

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[Dan Zivkovic]

Is there a way to provide an alternate rendering for the POI label info?

In other words, if the client uses something other than standard Desktop Maps cartoon bubbles with the standard margins and text styling, how to get the POI data into a different element such as an info bar, or an info bubble, or something else.

Right now I see a mix of styles, my markers open custom info popups, and the POI labels open different-looking info windows, so the app looks messy.

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[Chris Broadfoot]

Hi Dan,

There is an open feature request here:

http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=3560

Please star it to show your support.

Thanks,

Chris

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[Dan Zivkovic]

Done, thanks :)

[DC]

Voted!

[Null Pointer]

This style does not work properly. When the user mouse over a
business, the cursor changes from hand to pointer (indicates that its
clickable).

There needs to be a better way to disable it so the cursor does not
change when its moved on the map. Preferably not load the businesses
at all.

Ideally this should be a layer that is added in javascript. If its not
added, it does not run.