[OpenLayers-Dev] Bug on "Getting started" document

[Tim Schaub]

On 2/1/11 11:31 AM, Andrés Maneiro wrote:
> Hello,
>
> going through OL documentation and examples I've found an error: in the
> "getting started" doc, the URL for the WMS server doesn't work:
> http://docs.openlayers.org/library/introduction.html

Thanks, fixed now.

http://trac.osgeo.org/openlayers/changeset/11067

> If, instead of:
>
> var wms = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS(
> "OpenLayers WMS",
> "http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0",
> {'layers':'basic'} );
> map.addLayer(wms);
>
> the document would say:
>
> var wms = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS(
> "OpenLayers WMS",
> "http://vmap0.tiles.osgeo.org/wms/vmap0",
> {'layers':'basic'} );
> map.addLayer(wms);
>
> the example works fine.
>
> Actually, it seems that metacarta WMS server is down. So, it's not an
> error on OL documentation. Nevertheless, change the WMS for one which
> works regularly to avoid "external" errors would be a good idea. That
> would minimize the amount of knowledge a begginer has to deal with.
>
> I don't know if this is the proper channel for communicating this sort
> of things. If it's not the case, please, let me know and next time, I'll
> send the feedback to the right place.
>
> best,
> amaneiro
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