[mapserver-users] Importing a Google/Yahoo maps raster layer

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 05:06:24PM +0300, Adrian Popa wrote:
> Hello David,
> 
> Unfortunatelly I am tied into a different web presentation layer - 
> MsMap. It has some features (like marking locations at specific 
> coordinates and adding interactive options to them) and I can't abandon it.
> I will look at openlayers, to see if it supports the functionality I need.

I'm assuming "Annotations" are visible marks on the map, and "adding
interactive options to them" means that you can cause something to
happen when you click. The first example that was given -- the
'sundials' example -- has both of these features.

For a more advanced demonstration of OpenLayers technology, you might be
interested in something more like:

  http://recovery-map.org/map/76/toxic-rivers-of-boston/

-- Chris  

> Thank you for your help.
> Adrian Popa
> 
> Fawcett, David wrote:
> >Take a look at OpenLayers.  http://www.openlayers.org
> > 
> >Here is an example of an OpenLayers application that uses Google as 
> >the base layer.  
> >http://www.openlayers.org/dev/examples/sundials-spherical-mercator.html  
> >(When the app first loads, it is using OpenStreetMap data as the base 
> >layer.  Click on the '+' icon on the right side of the map to expand 
> >the layer switcher and you can then switch to a Google layer.)
> > 
> >You can also use Microsoft Virtual Earth data 
> >http://www.openlayers.org/dev/examples/
> > 
> >And using MapServer, you can publish your data as a WMS and pull it in 
> >to the same OpenLayers app.  (You can also connect to MapServer with a 
> >native MapServer CGI call, but the developers are encouraging the use 
> >of a standard WMS call.)
> > 
> >David.
> >
> >    -----Original Message-----
> >    *From:* mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> >    [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of
> >    *Adrian Popa
> >    *Sent:* Monday, June 01, 2009 4:16 AM
> >    *To:* Rahkonen Jukka
> >    *Cc:* mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> >    *Subject:* Re: [mapserver-users] Importing a Google/Yahoo maps
> >    raster layer
> >
> >    Hello,
> >
> >    Thank you for your clarification. So, I would need the client-side
> >    to support google/yahoo layers and mapserver would run to feed
> >    just its specific layers.
> >    Interesting.
> >
> >    Anyway, do you know any other projects that offer (with an open
> >    license) access to raster satellite/aerial imagery that can be
> >    integrated with mapserver?
> >
> >    Regards,
> >    Adrian Popa
> >
> >    Rahkonen Jukka wrote:
> >>    Hi,
> >>
> >>    Terms and conditions of these services do not allow cascading
> >>    Google/Yahoo maps through Mapserver.  However, it is allowed to let 
> >>    the
> >>    mapping client to make this integration. One example I found from my
> >>    bookmarks is here:
> >>
> >>    http://sautter.com/map/?zoom=5&lat=64.45292&lon=30&layers=B000TFFF
> >>
> >>    -Jukka Rahkonen
> >>
> >>    Adrian Popa wrote:
> >>      
> >>>    Hello everybody,
> >>>
> >>>    I'm not sure if it's been disscussed on the list already or 
> >>>    not, but I wanted to ask if it's possible to integrate 
> >>>    mapserver (and starting with which version?) with Google/Yahoo maps.
> >>>    I would like to display the raster (satellite) images from 
> >>>    google/yahoo as a layer in the map. The thing is - I don't 
> >>>    want to store the actual raster data on my server - but to 
> >>>    make requests to google/yahoo on the fly.
> >>>
> >>>    Thank you,
> >>>    Adrian Popa
> >>>
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> >>
> >>      
> >
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