Very relevant to mobile applications/websites with 3g connectivity. I recall seeing an interesting talk from Google about how the Google Maps team optimised the

Very relevant to mobile applications/websites with 3g connectivity. I recall seeing an interesting talk from Google about how the Google Maps team optimised the latest Maps API to send larger tiles less frequently to perform better among other enhancements. Just found a video that talks about this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcvx5QHTJ5U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcvx5QHTJ5U