[OpenLayers-Users] tile server for custom tiles always needed?

[Kenny France]

Hi Christopher 

Would you be able to give all us newbies a small example, 

I think we are trying to do the same thing, ie: 

Display our own tiles using openlayers. 

If you could please point us to a tutorial that shows step by step what we
are suppose to do, 

I can't figure out what tile to place in what place and at what zoom, also
where does one start? 

Is there a specific size of tile we need for each zoom level? 

Also how do we know what the lat/lng of the tile is? 

Sorry for all the stupid questions 

K- 

-----Original Message----- 

From: users-bounces at openlayers.org [mailto:users-bounces at openlayers.org] On
Behalf Of Christopher Schmidt 

Sent: 07 August 2008 02:06 PM 

To: Jens Herrmann 

Cc: users at openlayers.org 

Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] tile server for custom tiles always needed? 

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 10:09:32AM +0200, Jens Herrmann wrote: 

> Hello, 

> I'm a beginner and I want to build a map mit openlayers based on my 

> own 

> custom tiles I rendered with Mapnik. Do I have to set up a tile server 

> for this or is it possible to just give openlayers the path to the tile 

> directory? 

> On http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OpenLayers_Simple_Example is 

> a short description which says that this can be done with a single line 

> (and some minor modifications): 

> 

> var newLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.OSM("New Layer", "path_to_tiles/", 

> {numZoomLevels: 19}); 

> 

> Unfortunately this doesnt work here and I could not find any other 

> reference. If this is possible, what would I have to do? 

What do you mean by "this doesn't work?" There is no reason it shouldn't
(but be aware that "Layer.OSM" is provided by OpenStreetMap's Javascript
file, and is not included in OpenLayers by default). 

Regards, 

-- 

Christopher Schmidt 

MetaCarta 

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