<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Consolas;
panose-1:2 11 6 9 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hey,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am quite new to OpenLayers and just need some advice in the following areas.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My main goal will be to use OpenLayers for GiS information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>`OpenLayers.Geometry.Point</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>` will be used a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>Now using <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#FF5600;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>var </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>wms_layer </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#FF5600;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>= new </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>OpenLayers.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A535AE;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>Layer</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>.WMS(</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00A33F;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>'OpenLayers WMS'</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00A33F;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>'http://vmap0.tiles.osgeo.org/wms/vmap0'</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'> {layers: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00A33F;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>'basic'</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>},</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'> {}</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'> );</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>works fine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>The only issue I have with this is speed and of course there are not a lot of 'definition' on the maps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>If I do use Google Maps, it's fast plus you get all the added layers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>But adding Geometry point's although it looks correct seems to move when I move the map around? Zooming in on a point even worse.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>Is this normal?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>Ideally I would like to get a proper map and store it on my Local Server. Maybe add a satellite layer to it using raster?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>So basically I need advice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>What maps will be the best to use?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>Do you guys agree that storing map on local drive will be better?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>Where can I get those maps?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>Can I solve the Google Maps problem?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>