openlayers

How to display data using openlayers with OpenStreetMap in geodjango?

I've got geodjango running using openlayers and OpenStreetMaps with the admin app. Now I want to write some views to display the data. Basically, I just want to add a list of points (seen in the admin) to the map. Geodjango appears to use a special openlayers.js file to do it's magic in the admin. Is there a good way to interface with...

Generating Geo-Referenced Images in C#

I want to create some heat-map style tiles to overlay over our base maps using Open Layers. Basically, I want to divide some some bounding box into a grid, and display each square of the grid using a different color based on how many points of a sample fall within that grid square. The technologies involved are C#, OpenLayers, SQL Serv...

How can I mix layers with different coordinate system in OpenLayers?

I'm using an OpenLayers-map and I want to use in it different mapservers, that use different coordinate systems. Can OpenLayers integrate it in the same map and automatically converts coordinate-systems? ...

OpenLayers .containsPoint after pan

I've seem to have hit a bug or i have overlooked something. I written some code that enumerates through all the vector features on a OpenLayers Vector layer - to check if the mouse is inside a vector feature - if so then it displays some info based on the feature. I had to write my own methods to do this because the existing OpenLayers...

Creating a Box Control over an area of the map with OpenLayers

I am using OpenLayers to create a box of interest with my program. I am using this code: var control = new OpenLayers.Control(); OpenLayers.Util.extend(control, { draw: function () { this.box = new OpenLayers.Handler.Box( control, {"done": this.notice}, {keyMask: OpenLayers.Handler.MOD_SHIFT}); ...

Using an PNG or JPEG for Map with OpenLayers (Scale/Zoom Problem)

I am using an image to display my map with OpenLayers. My JS code looks like this: map = new OpenLayers.Map('map'); var options = {numZoomLevels: 7, isBaseLayer: true, }; var globe = new OpenLayers.Layer.Image( 'Globe ESA', 'http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/World_map_blank_blac...

Screen co ordinates to latitude and longitude

In open layers library, below is the method used to convert a screen co ordinate to latitude and longitude. I am not able to figure out the logic this method encapsulates? getLatLonFromPoint: function (point) { var center = this.getCenter(); //map center lat/lon var res = this.getResolution(); //pre defined by the u...

How to get POST URL with parameters from HttpServletReqest in ServletFilter? (For proxy app)

Due to browser restrictions I need to use a proxy to make an openlayers map work. The OpenLayers.ProxyHost javascript object handles the generation of a URL like: http://webhost:8080/app/proxy/?url=http://WFS_server/options/... Some of the requests will be GET's and others will be POST's. I've written a Servlet Filter that will recie...

Dragging markers with Ordnance Survey/Openlayers api

I've created a site link text using the api produced by the Ordnance Survey (I think this is called OpenSpace) which is based on OpenLayers. I've got it so you can click on the map to add a marker and I want to then be able to click on the markers and drag it around the map. Is there a simple way to do this using either the OpenSpace or ...

There is a way to use OpenLayers on Flex?

is There a way to use OpenLayers on Flex? By now I've found Open-Scales project, but it is in development (not fully functional). ...

Javascript "unspecified error" in Open Layers

I am getting this error when the map loads. The error is in the original, unmodified OpenLayers.js file on this line: return!!(document.namespaces); I have tried rewriting it to: return (typeof(document.namespaces) != 'undefined'); and it worked but then I get same "unspecified" errors on further referrals to document.namespaces: ...

GDAL2Tiles and vectors

I am trying to make an interactive map of a really big warehouse. I have scanned blueprints and am using OpenLayers with a TMS data source (generated using GDAL2Tiles) to display the map. Everything looks fantastic, but I'm at a total loss as to how to create a vector layer on top of it! Ideally, I'd have ~100 or so vectors on top of m...

How can I skip the loading of the tiles in OpenLayers?

Actually I need only the full functionality of the map but with no tiles and no requests to the server for them. Can I somehow skip them on the initial load? Is there any default parameter I can set? If not I'll make the patch myself but I'm not sure it's not done yet. ...

OpenLayers vs Google Maps ?

Hi, I have used Google Maps a couple of times, but what wondering about OpenLayers... Before starting any kind of coding, here are a couple of questions that come to my mind, and you might help me about : Why would I use OpenLayers instead of Google Maps ? Except for it's OSS licence, anyway Did you encounter any situation in which y...

OpenLayers vector bug in IE ?!

Is there any chance that IE is not rendering vectors for OpenLayers when the vector layer is hidden? ...

Geoserver GeoWebCache AntiAlias LargePolygon Error OpenLayers

When using geoserver (1.7.X) and OpenLayers (WMS layer) togheter I get a weird behavour if a render several layers with antialias and one of the bottom layers is really large compared to the rest of the features in the layers "on top". The background should have been not black. If I go straight to the geoserver and disable antialias ...

Which is the best ESRI ArcGIS component library to use with GWT?

We are currently designing a GIS intranet application using GWT and ESRI ArcGIS. We are looking at 2 client side Javascript libraries: The ESRI Javascript API Open Layers The library will have to support fused and non fused map caching as well as some layers that are dynamic. Open Layers GWT integration exists but the ESRI library is...

Customize OpenLayers Control

How can I easily customize OpenLayers map controls? Or at least, how can I minimize the controls' height? Thank you. PS. Is there any CSS override? ...

OpenLayers Google Maps Projection Problem w/ KML

Hi. This is my first time on stackoverflow and working with Openlayers & Google Maps. I've been browsing different forums & sites, including OpenLayers.org, to solve my issue. I've done searches on a combination of the following: openlayers, google map projections, and spherical mercator... but I have not found a solution. Problem: T...

introductory google maps

hi i wanted to display a us state on google map with borders drawn, when the user opens up a page i wanted to show in the center that state...with borders drawn. additionally i wanted to put a button on that page so that user clicks it and draws a rectangle on the state, the system will just have to popup the latitude and longitude of ...