Cool decision, also google map is slow to load and it's clear it is designed to be an interactive thing even when you don't touch it. A more reasonable approach

Cool decision, also google map is slow to load and it's clear it is designed to be an interactive thing even when you don't touch it. A more reasonable approach could be to have the Google Chart API to allow to render Map data but this is not possible currently. Btw every time I see a Google maps mash-up in a web site my first feeling is "dirty".