Google Map API 3: Display marker tooltip (title) by default - google-maps-api-3

Is it possible to display the marker tooltip (the title) by default in Google Map API 3? (Not the info windows)

Tooltip displaying is browser's behavior - it is impossible to call it with JS.

I using this library : http://code.google.com/p/google-maps-utility-library-v3/wiki/Libraries and happy with the result. For those looking similar should try this.

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Using more than 2 marker presets

I want to use 3 markers in a script. I've started to use Kanji and Kiro marker preset without problem.
When i've started to add a third marker (a pattern with letterA.patt file via ar.js url), google chrome (and firefox) complained about a memory problem !
The only solution founded was to modify aframe-ar.js and added letterA as marker preset, like Kiro and Kanji.
Question1: what about that memory problem with my pattern ?
Question2: why not added more marker preset (letterD...) by default in aframe-ar.js ?
Best regards,
Emmanuel
Not really the right platform for this question. You can use any number of markers that you want, you're not limited to just two. The AR.js preset might be limited but you can add your own markers with a .patt file. You can create your AR.js ready tag using the ARjs marker generator or by uploading your model and image target to the echoAR platform and then download the image marker.
After you get you .patt file you can add it to your scene like so:
<a-marker type='pattern' url='./<path to your .patt>'>
Inside your marker just add whatever you would do in a preset marker, just don't forget to close the marker tag.

Is it possible to add a section with some informtion in browser using crossrider?

I am trying to develop an extension which will show some information(about 15 words) in a small section below the extensions icons in the browser using crossrider?. I searched about it and it seems that browser only supports extensions icons and bookmarks. So is it possible to add such kind of section?? Im new to browser extension development and not sure about its possibility.
The nearest you can get to this is to use a browser action/button and use the tooltip (a.k.a. title) to display the information when the mouse hovers over the button. For example, in your background.js file your code would look something like:
appAPI.ready(function($) {
appAPI.browserAction.setResourceIcon('icons/icon.jpg');
appAPI.browserAction.setTitle('Information displayed on mouse hover');
appAPI.browserAction.onClick(function() {
alert('Hello world!');
});
});
For more information, see appAPI.browserAction.
[Disclosure: I am a Crossrider employee]

Google Maps Api v3 custom InfoWindow - "google is not defined" error

trying to create custom infowindows in my application that is based on google maps.
next example is one of my base points for development:
http://gmaps-samples-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/infowindow_custom/infowindow-custom.html
problem is that whatever i use this or some other example, in forefox's firebug i'm getting error
google is not defined
InfoBox.prototype = new google.maps.OverlayView();
can you help me how to solve this, i can not continue my work without custom infowindows.....
my mistake - i did not include properly google map api library - i included infobox.js before http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false

Google Maps API v3 - custom multi-colored icons

It seems like I have to assign an hosted image URL to a MarkerImage object to create custom icons. Is there a way to allow the user to pick a color to fill in this image?
Try using the Google Charts API to generate markers. You can choose the colour.
Look for styled markers in a list of Google Maps libraries. This looks like it could help.
I would also look into generating the images on the fly with canvas and then producing a data URL:
var dataURL = canvas.toDataURL("image/png");

KML Layers Cursor CSS - Google Maps API v3

I've run into a small problem with the semi-new KML Overlay functionality with Google Maps API v3, wherein while I am able to use "suppressInfoWindows: true;", the cursor still appears as though the overlay(s) are clickable.
Is there a way at this time to change the css on the overlay(s) so that the cursor is the default cursor, so that they are purely visual, and don't confuse the user?
You can do this through javascript (not sure about a purely CSS solution) using something along the lines of...
var ctaLayer = new google.maps.KmlLayer({
url: 'myKmlFile.kml',
suppressInfoWindows: true
});
if (ctaLayer.suppressInfoWindows) ctaLayer.setOptions({clickable:false});
ctaLayer.setMap(map);
This sounds like a bug. You should file it at the Google Maps API's issue tracker.

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