[OpenLayers-Dev] arbitrary element as marker?

[Paul Spencer]

Is it possible to use an arbitrary HTML element (say a div containing  
several images) as a marker?  My use case is that I have several  
different styles of marker images and then some overlay images that  
add a numeral or letter on top of the marker.  OpenLayers.Marker uses  
OpenLayers.Icon, which will only show an single image.

I could put two markers in the same location but that seems horribly  
inefficient.

I could also probably use a Point feature and override the styling but  
it seems like a lot of effort to get a reasonably simple effect.

If it is not currently possible to do this then I will implement it -  
any suggestions?  Seems like the simplest method would be to subclass  
or modify the Icon class to allow for an arbitrary element.

Cheers

Paul

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    Paul Spencer
    Chief Technology Officer
    DM Solutions Group Inc
    http://www.dmsolutions.ca/