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

[Adrian Popa]

Hello Christopher,

Your example has the elements that I need :) Is this basic functionality 
included in openlayers by default, or is it an addon?
Also - will openlayers work with mapserver by default - or through WMS 
(I don't have experience with WMS)?

Thanks for your references.

Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> 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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