title: He's dead, Jim: is there a memory limit on the number of circles that can be drawn on a Google map?
body: <p>On a map of the USA, I have been asked to draw 50,000 circles each with a 5000-yard radius. </p>
  
  <p>The lat-lon locations are scattered throughout the country, but a large number of these circles overlap. Opacity is set to 0.05; regions with many superimposed circles become more opaque.</p>
  
  <p>The circles start to appear, but after about 30 seconds Chrome crashes, displaying the "He's dead, Jim" message.</p>