The ICEDS browser has a similar functionality. <br><br>Go to <a href="http://iceds.ge.ucl.ac.uk/viewer/iceds/index.html">http://iceds.ge.ucl.ac.uk/viewer/iceds/index.html</a>. In the right hand layer selector turn on another layer, press update map at the bottom of it. Then select Layer Swipe in the drop down box below it. It will then prompt you which layer you want to 'swipe', followed by a swipe style. There are options to swipe from one side of a layer to another and also a box style, which is similar to the icc one.
<br><br>I do not think it is actually difficult to implement (there are some generic swiping routines for images out there).<br><br>HTH<br><br>Ludwig<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/10/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Michael P. Gerlek</b> <<a href="mailto:mpg@lizardtech.com">mpg@lizardtech.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
OpenLayers folks:<br><br>I'm not an OpenLayers or JavaScript guy, and I don't have any such on<br>staff here, so I'm looking for some help -- and crschmidt kindly pointed<br>me here..<br><br>I'm wondering if OpenLayers supports a "floating map overlay" feature,
<br>in which the area around the mouse pointer shows a different/additional<br>map layer overlaid on top of the current layer.<br><br>Not easy to explain, perhaps, so for an example you can go to<br><a href="http://www.icc.es/vissir/#">
http://www.icc.es/vissir/#</a>, click on the "Ortofotoimatge 1:5000" link on<br>the left, then click the "+" button below the map 9 times (yes, nine) to<br>zoom in to a scale of 200m or better. At this point you'll see the
<br>rectangle around the cursor display a layer corresponding to vector data<br>for the area. Note too the nice opacity slider below the map<br>controlling this feature -- a nice touch, that.<br><br>I have a customer who may need to set up a simple site like this one,
<br>but with this specific floaty map feature in it. Does OpenLayers<br>support such a trick? If not, would anyone be willing to implement such<br>a feature, as contract work for LizardTech? It may make sense to add<br>
the feature integrally into OpenLayers itself, if the Powers That Be are<br>so inclined, or it could be done as an extension on top -- either way is<br>fine with me.<br><br>If you have any thoughts on this or are interested in the project,
<br>please drop me a line.<br><br>Thanks -<br><br>-mpg<br>_______________________________________________<br>Dev mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Dev@openlayers.org">Dev@openlayers.org</a><br><a href="http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev">
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