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I have a location list of 300000 elements and want to visualize them on my localhost

Basically, what I have is a geolocation data (longtitude and latitudes) of 300.000 locations. I have different attributes attached to the data and it is approx. 32MB. Reading it through js and putting markers on google maps is what I've tried, and It works OK when i put only 25 to 2500 markers on my map, I cant really put all of my locations at once. Eventually I want to be able to filter markers through the attributes etc. The locations are all at one city, so I might use my own map or something.
What I want to ask/learn is do you have any better solutions for this particular situation?
Here is my code.
function initJS() {
var promise = getData();
var locations1;
var locations;
promise.success( (data) => {
locations1 = parseData(data);
locations = locations1.filter(location => {
return location.DuyuruTipi == "16";
});
//initializing google map
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
center: { lat: latitude, lng:longtitude},
zoom: zooming,
});
//creating a marker
const svgMarker = {
// path: "M10.453 14.016l6.563-6.609-1.406-1.406-5.156 5.203-2.063-2.109-1.406 1.406zM12 2.016q2.906 0 4.945 2.039t2.039 4.945q0 1.453-0.727 3.328t-1.758 3.516-2.039 3.070-1.711 2.273l-0.75 0.797q-0.281-0.328-0.75-0.867t-1.688-2.156-2.133-3.141-1.664-3.445-0.75-3.375q0-2.906 2.039-4.945t4.945-2.039z",
url: "./assets/marker.svg",
size: new google.maps.Size(20,20),
scaledSize: new google.maps.Size(20,20),
origin: new google.maps.Point(0, 0),
anchor: new google.maps.Point(10, 10),
};
for (var i = 0; i < locations.length; i++) { //locations.length
// init markers
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: { lat: parseFloat(locations[i]["YCoor"]), lng: parseFloat(locations[i]["XCoor"])},
map: map,
label: locations[i]["DuyuruId"],
icon: svgMarker
});
console.log(locations[i]["DuyuruTipi"]);
marker.duyurutipi = locations[i]["DuyuruTipi"];
marker.kazatipi = locations[i]["KazaTipi"];
marker.vsegid = locations[i]["vSegID"];
markers.push(marker);
}
});

Displaying 300000 points directly on the map is not the correct approach and will not perform well, especially as more datasets get added to your map.
In addition, sending 32MB of data or more to the browser is bad form, even for a web map application. If you try out e.g. Google Maps with the network panel open, you'll see that you'll barely go over a few MB even after quite some time using it.
There are a couple approaches that web mappers take to counter this:
Use a service such as Geoserver or Mapserver to split up the data into "chunks" based on what is in the the map clients (openlayers, in your case, according to your answer) viewport. This is the best choice if you could potentially have lots of layers or basemaps in future, but is a lot of work to setup and configure.
Write your own implementation of the above in your back-end. For points, this is relatively simple. This is the best choice for something quick with just a couple of points layers.
In both cases, you'll need to configure your points layer in OpenLayers to use the "bbox" strategy, which will tell it to call your API url whenever the viewport changes enough for more features to be loaded. You will also need to set the minimum resolution for your layer so that it doesn't load too many features all at once when zoomed out.
Lastly, with Openlayers, you'll want to use a VectorImageLayer with a VectorSource for this layer, which will improve performance a lot while allowing you to query and edit your point data.
The above should help to improve your mapping performance.

Well, I went with the OpenLayers API, I think it is harder to implement stuff from docs but they have example applications for every feature. You might want to try that, way better performance if your only need is to put some markers and visualize data.

How Can I animate Bing map pushpins based on a live GPS feed

I have looked over the bing maps documentation trying to find an answer to my question. I would prefer to do everything using the bing maps api and not have to add a third party library if possible.
Question: How can I animate a pushpin to make a smooth transition from one set of gps coordinate(longitude/latitude) to another in order to simulate smooth movement of a Pushpin on Bing maps?
Question: can deleting an entire object out of the map.entities array waste enough resources to cause performance issues? If so how can I change the pushpin latitude and longitude properties without deleting the entire object?
Sample code of trying to change the pushpins properties without deleting the object out of the array. This code does not work… I am unsure why it is not working?
map.entities.get(theIndexOfThePushPin)._location.latitude = newLat;
map.entities.get(theIndexOfThePushPin)._location.longitude = newLon;
I create a pushpin like so - This works fine
map.entities.push(new Microsoft.Maps.Pushpin(new Microsoft.Maps.Location(lat, lon), {
text: text,
visible: true,
textOffset: new Microsoft.Maps.Point(0, 5)
}));
Pseudo code for my recursive angular $http call
function BusMoveGPSRefresh() {
$http.get(resourceURL)
.then(function (data) {
if ('if pushpins have not been created') {
//create pushpins...
}
} else {
//delete pushpins out of the array and then recreate them
//with updated lon/lat. Or just update existing objects lon/lat properties if possible?
}
}
BusMoveGPSRefresh();//after everything is done then go get more info and start again. recursion...
}, function (reason) {// if fail than do
console.log(reason);
console.log("This Is not Working!!! Dang!!");
});
}
Any insight into the problem would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

I could not find a simple answer for adding animation. I did find a site that gave a step by step tutorial on a more in-depth answer on how to animate pushpins.
Answer: 1 -- tutorial on how to animate bing map pushpins
https://blogs.bing.com/maps/2014/08/07/bring-your-maps-to-life-creating-animations-with-bing-maps-javascript/
Answer: 2 -- this is how to update the pushpin location without deleting the pushpin object out of the entities array.
Instead of deleting the entire pushpin object find the pushpin index and then use the property "setLocation()" and then add a new location.
//check to make sure that the lat and lon have
//changed if it is still the same location do nothing. else update
if (map.entities.get(indexOfPushpin).getLocation().latitude != lat
|| map.entities.get(indexOfPushpin).getLocation().longitude != lon) {
map.entities.get(indexOfPushpin).setLocation(new Microsoft.Maps.Location(lat, lon));
}

Use external links to open popup windows on leaflet map in drupal

Ok, here is my situation. I am using the leaflet map module with drupal. I have the map integrated on my website with views. I have nodes that contain content that I want to be displayed via a popup window. When I click each individual marker, the popup works exactly as I want. however, I want to be able to click an external link to be able to also open the popup. I have viewed and implemented this code from another question:
var markers = [];
var marker1 = L.marker([51.497, -0.09],{title:"marker_1"}).addTo(map).bindPopup("Marker 1");
markers.push(marker1);
var marker2 = L.marker([51.495, -0.083],{title:"marker_2"}).addTo(map).bindPopup("Marker 2");
markers.push(marker2);
var marker3 = L.marker([51.49, -0.097],{title:"marker_3"}).addTo(map).bindPopup("Marker 3");
markers.push(marker3);
function markerFunction(id){
for (var i in markers){
var markerID = markers[i].options.title;
if (markerID == id){
markers[i].openPopup();
};
}
}
$("a").click(function(){
markerFunction($(this)[0].id);
});
by user abenrob, but that doesn't work with markers generated by drupal.
My question has 2 parts, as I can see it.
1: How do I access the map inside my different block? I have set up the links from my menu block to call my function that contains the aforementioned code, and they call it correctly. However, when my Javascript needs to speak to the map, I get nothing.
Currently I have "var map = document.getElementById('leaflet-map');", but that seems to be pulling the div, not the map contained inside the div.
2: How do I access the list of markers generated by my map in drupal. Currently, as a test, I am just generating a marker manually and using the bindPopup function to bind the div containing the popup on the page, but I can't add it to the map (see part 1). Ideally I would not want to recreate the markers in javascript if they are already created in Drupal, but we don't always live in an ideal world, but it seems that if I get the map to connect, I could at least work with that.

In case anyone else stumbles across this with the same question, I figured out the first question. I accessed the map created by Drupal through the Leaflet module by utilizing the following code:
// This accesses the leaflet map created by drupal and sets the map variables so that they can be used with the functions
var map;
$(document).bind('leaflet.map', function(e, settingsLeaflet, lMap)
{
map = lMap;
});
I am still working on the second question. When I figure it out, I will add another update.
Edit: I was able to access the markers in the second question by using the following code:
var markers = {};
var markersList = [];
// This accesses the leaflet map features and pulls the marker variables so that they can be used with the functions
$(document).bind('leaflet.feature', function(e, lFeature, feature)
{
markers[feature.feature_id] = lFeature;
markersList.push(lFeature);
});
from there it was as easy as looping through the markers list, as such:
// This function takes the variable id, which is passed from the HTML call of this function. It then loops through the marker list and compares the id with the value of the title of each marker. If it finds a match, then it opens the popup bound to that specific marker.
function markerPopups(id)
{
// Loops through the markers list
for (var i = 0; i < markersList.length; i++)
{
// Sets a variable to get the title of the marker, which
var markerID = markersList[i].options.title.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g, '_');
// Compares the variable passed through the function to the title of the marker. If there is a match, it opens the popup for that marker.
if(markerID == id)
{
markersList[i].openPopup();
}
}
}
Also, it wasn't needed to access the map once you accessed the pre-made markers, so you can ignore the first part, unless you need to use the map for anything else.

Adding Geolocation to Google Places Library

We're trying to build an app that allows users to view places around their current location.
You can see the Google Maps API & the Google Places Library functioning here, but not as one: http://www.blazingsasquatch.com/geo/index4.html
You'll notice the button "show me my loc" pulls your current location and the map is showing an arbitrary location in Boston with places nearby.
We've created variables for both the longitude and latitude and we've attempted to pass those variables directly into the "pyrmont" location variable but we've had no luck.
Initially we tried setting the "pyrmont" location using following, also with no luck:
google.maps.LatLng(position.coords.latitude, position.coords.longitude);
So how can we get the current location populated?
var pyrmont = new google.maps.LatLng("CURRENT LOCATION HERE");
Will it accept a variable or an integer only?

initialize will be called before the callback of navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition() , so you cannot use the result in initialize() .(you may view getCurrentPosition as a asynchronous request)
Invoke the action(creation of the marker and places-request) inside the callback of getCurrentPosition()
See a working demo: http://jsfiddle.net/doktormolle/C5ZtK/

The LatLng constructor takes two floating point numbers, like so:
pos = new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644);
After reviewing the source code, it seems the problem is another one: the anonymous callback function you are passing to getCurrentPosition() is called when the geographic location is found, which can take some time (especially using GPS and such). initialize() is called when the page is loaded, which is sooner, so place is not set at this time (besides, it's not visible in initialize() since it's not a global variable, but never mind that). So you have to move the stuff you're currently doing in initialize() to the callback function you are passing to getCurrentPosition(). Then, you can use
var pyrmont = new google.maps.LatLng(position.coords.latitude, position.coords.longitude);

Creating a map using only toggleable overlays?

I'm trying to create map (using the Google Maps JavaScript API V3) which consists of several partially-transparent layers. By default, these layers should all be overlaid on top of one another to form a complete map, but the user should be able to turn any combination of them on or off (while preserving order) to create whatever view they prefer.
So far, I've had a great deal of luck getting this working for a single layer using map.mapTypes, but when adding all the layers via map.overlayMapTypes, I've hit a couple of snags:
The map doesn't seem to get fully initialized if map.setMapTypeId() is not called (no controls appear and the map is not correctly centered) and it cannot be called with an overlay.
It isn't clear how to toggle the visibility of an overlay without directly modifying the map.overlayMapTypes array, which complicates keeping them correctly ordered. I'd much prefer something analogous to the Traffic/Transit/Photos/etc. control available within Google Maps itself.
Here's the initialize function I'm working with. I'd post a link, but the map imagery isn't publicly available:
function initialize() {
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), {
zoom: 0,
center: center
});
/* if these lines are uncommented, the single layer displays perfectly */
//map.mapTypes.set("Layer 3", layers[3]);
//map.setMapTypeId("Layer 3");
//return;
var dummy = new google.maps.ImageMapType({
name: "Dummy",
minZoom: 0,
maxZoom: 6,
tileSize: new google.maps.Size(256, 256),
getTileUrl: function() {return null; }
});
map.mapTypes.set("Dummy", dummy);
map.setMapTypeId("Dummy");
// layers is an array of ImageMapTypes
for (var i = 0; i < layers.length; i++) {
map.overlayMapTypes.push(layers[i]);
}
}
As you can see, I've tried creating a "dummy" maptype (which always returns null for tile URLs) to serve as the base map. While this does cause the controls to display, it still doesn't center correctly.
What's the best way to create a map which consists only of toggleable overlays?
Update: Turns out the dummy maptype works perfectly well if you also remember to set a projection. That's one problem solved, at least. :-)

I use ImageMapType, but I don't add it to mapTypes. I just add it to overlayMapTypes and when I need to remove it I use setAt to set the entry in overlayMapTypes to null.
You will need to add individual controls to the UI that toggle the individual layers.