Hello,
We are building an asp.net web application that loads the World Map Data Kit, a layer for points (to limit extent), and a dynamic layer for markers with hover popups and right click popups. Each user may see a different view based on some data value associated with their logon. All dynamic data will be loaded from a db query run at startup. The points will have different colored markers (to indicate a boolean state) depending on an array of values retrieved from an XML Web Service. I am assuming that the web app will have to poll for this data through the use of a timer. The dynamic map layer will only be redrawn if the data from the web service has changed from the current data in the web application. My questions are: what is the best way to accomplish the polling from the client side? Will the code have to delete the dynamic layer with the markers and popups and completely redraw the layer on refresh, or can it just change one value and leave the others in their current state. Will the code have to redraw the hover popup and the right click popup on every map redraw?
Thanks,
Steven