internet explorer - Google Maps JSv3 Freezes for a few seconds every 30 seconds

Question

As per title, does anyone know why it freezes every 30 seconds? I figured that it was some sort of timer with Google Maps but cant find any such reference.

To recreate, simply copy into a local file the full html + javascript from:

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/map-simple

Open the local html file and then just move the map around and it will freeze within 30 seconds. Once it unfreezes, it works fine until 30 seconds have elapsed.

Seems to only happen in IE (i used version 11). Note that it doesnt freeze within the Google example page above.

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

This appears to be an issue in the experimental version, currently 3.20.

See versioning in the Developer's Guide

Versioning

The Google Maps API team will regularly update this Javascript API with new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements. All API changes will be backwards-compatible, ensuring that if you launch an application using the currently documented interfaces, that application will continue to work without modification as the API is updated. (Note: experimental features, documented in the Experimental API Reference are not covered by this guarantee. Features that are experimental will be clearly labeled in the API documentation.)

Types of Versions

You can indicate which version of the API to load within your application by specifying it using the v parameter of the Maps Javascript API bootstrap request. Three options are supported:

• The experimental version, specified with v=3.exp.
• The release version, specified with v=3 or v=3.19.
• A numbered version, specified with v=3.18.
• If you do not explicitly specify a version, you will receive the experimental version by default. Google Maps API for Work customers who specify a client ID will receive the release version by default.

The experimental version

The experimental version — currently 3.20 — contains the latest features and bug fixes as they are made publicly available. Changes made to the experimental version are not guaranteed to be feature stable. We encourage you to regularly test your applications with the experimental version, which you can do by adding v=3.20 when loading the Maps API. If you like to live on the edge, you can add v=3.exp to always receive the current experimental version with all of its latest features.