[OpenLayers-Dev] animated zooming 1.3

[Emanuel Schütze]

Hi list,

a new animated zooming version is online:
http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/emanuel/animatedZooming/demo.html
http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/442

Features in current version:
- scale all visible tiles by shrinking/enlarging 
- scale red rectangle in overviewmap 
- scale extra zoomOut tile 
- NEW: scale _baselayer_ only (the performance with overlays was to bad!)
- NEW: support wms, wms untiled and image baselayers
- NEW: "smooth tile update" - it doesn't show a blank map after zooming (with 
slider); use onload/loadstart/loadend events
- NEW: recenter overviewmap after drag, doubleclick and panning 
(not really animated zooming, but a cool smart map browsing feature :). I 
thought: if ovmap updates during zooming it should also updates during 
panning. Now, it would be really great if we add animated panning for ovmap 
like gmaps.)

Features for next versions:
- animated zooming with "smooth tile update" for: 
+/- buttons, zoomToExtent/shift-drag-box, doubleclick, mousewheel, +/- keys
(all like animated panning #110)
- support all other baselayers


Best regards,
Emanuel