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

[Adrian Popa]

Thank you for the info - I will give it a try on a testbed installation :)

Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 05:20:25PM +0300, Adrian Popa wrote:
>   
>> 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)?
>>     
>
> Both, but WMS is highly recommended, because using MapServer as CGI is
> prone to hide errors due to misconfiguration. (Setting up WMS requires
> only adding:
>
>   metadata
>     web
>       wms_srs "EPSG:4326"
>     end
>   end
>
> to your mapfile to work minimally; everything else is optional.)
>
> The recovery map example has a significant amount of code, but it is
> using the trunk version of OpenLayers with no additional features. The
> UI, some of the popups, the layer addition/removal are all additional
> pieces added to that UI, but there are other toolkits (Like GeoExt) that
> provide these in open source software as well.
>
> Best Regards,
>
>   


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Adrian Popa
NOC Division
Network Engineer
Divizia Centrul National de Operare Retea
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Compartiment IP Core & Backbone
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