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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi Guys<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’m working on a project where I need to offer a
google style map interface to some maps we are being provided by a 3<sup>rd</sup>
party. The 3<sup>rd</sup> party basically has some webservices which I can
query for a map given a number of criteria (one being a lat/lng boundary).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>My idea is to create a wrapper around the webservice which
would allow me to request an image via a defined url with querystring. From
looking through the code, I believe I would need write a custom Layer to do use
this as it is not a standard protocol.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Could anyone offer my some starting points on writing a
custom layer for this? The image being returned would be an image for the whole
map are (not tiled). Could I just extend the OpenLayers. Layer.Image class and override
the moveTo and getUrl methods to return the dynamic image?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Could you also let me know how I would integrate this? Could
I just create a js file for my custom class and import this on the page and import
the OpenLayers js file remotely?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>And finaly, I tend to use jQuery for my javascript
development purposes, will using OpenLayers cause any conflicts what with it
being based on prototype?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Matt<o:p></o:p></p>
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