<div>I use it all the time.</div>
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<div>I just haven&#39;t gotten the overview map to work with it.</div>
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<div>Here is my code:</div>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; var options = {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; projection: &quot;EPSG:900913&quot;,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; units: &quot;m&quot;,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; maxResolution: 156543.0339,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;numZoomLevels: 18,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; maxExtent: new 
OpenLayers.Bounds(-20037508, -20037508,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 20037508, 20037508.34)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; };<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // avoid pink tiles<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OpenLayers.IMAGE_RELOAD_ATTEMPTS = 3;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OpenLayers.Util.onImageLoadErrorColor = &quot;transparent&quot;;</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map = new OpenLayers.Map(&#39;map&#39;,options);</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sat_wms = new OpenLayers.Layer.Google(<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Layer&quot;,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {&#39;sphericalMercator&#39;: true}<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; );</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map.addLayer(sat_wms);</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map.addControl(new OpenLayers.Control.MousePosition());<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map.addControl(new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher());<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map.addControl(new OpenLayers.Control.Scale());</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map.zoomToScale(55468034.09051751);</p>
<p><br>Linda&nbsp;</p></font><br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 12, 2007 3:49 PM, bradleyspencer &lt;<a href="mailto:brad@cubewerx.com.au">brad@cubewerx.com.au</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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<p><span><font face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">List,</span></font></span></p>
<p><span><font face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&nbsp;</span></font></span></p>
<p><span><font face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am trying to test the GoogleMaps and sphericalMercator but I must have something wrong. Has anyone successfully used this stuff?
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<p><span><font face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&nbsp;</span></font></span></p>
<p><span><font face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">See <a href="http://demo.cubewerx.com.au/mercator.html" target="_blank">http://demo.cubewerx.com.au/mercator.html</a></span>
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<p><span><font face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&nbsp;</span></font></span></p>
<p><span><font face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cheers,</span></font></span></p>
<p><span><font face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&nbsp;</span></font></span></p>
<p><b><font color="black" size="4"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">Brad Spencer</span></font></b><b><font color="black" size="4"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">
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