Simply do the following:
I. Declare a global variable:
var markersArray = [];
II. Define a function:
function clearOverlays() {
for (var i = 0; i < markersArray.length; i++ ) {
markersArray[i].setMap(null);
}
markersArray.length = 0;
}
OR
google.maps.Map.prototype.clearOverlays = function() {
for (var i = 0; i < markersArray.length; i++ ) {
markersArray[i].setMap(null);
}
markersArray.length = 0;
}
III. Push markers in the 'markerArray' before calling the following:
markersArray.push(marker);
google.maps.event.addListener(marker,"click",function(){});
IV. Call the clearOverlays(); or map.clearOverlays(); function wherever required.
That's it!!
In version 3 of the Maps API you can simply set the scrollwheel option to false within the MapOptions properties:
options = $.extend({
scrollwheel: false,
navigationControl: false,
mapTypeControl: false,
scaleControl: false,
draggable: false,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}, options);
If you were using version 2 of the Maps API you would have had to use the disableScrollWheelZoom() API call as follows:
map.disableScrollWheelZoom();
The scrollwheel zooming is enabled by default in version 3 of the Maps API, but in version 2 it is disabled unless explicitly enabled with the enableScrollWheelZoom() API call.
Best Answer
Last time I checked (2 months ago) the geocoding requests where based per IP, so if you or a person from your same IP address (assuming you are from a corporation that connects to the internet using one IP) does geocoding requests on Google Maps, they are counted together.
I'll look up the page where is explained, EDIT found:
here the original: http://code.google.com/intl/it/apis/maps/faq.html