Upgrade to Google Maps version 3, or go to OpenLayers?

I was in the same situation. I took a look at openlayers and started implementing some of the functionality in openlayers. I was able to replace SOOOOO much google maps api code with just a few lines in openlayers.

So I kept going, in no time I had re-developed in openlayers and cut down the javascript required to do so by more than half! I am also able to do much more! Exporting, importing from all sorts of formats is now just lines of code rather than man lines.

OpenLayers all the way!

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