[OpenLayers-Users] saving the view as an image, or to PDF?

Christopher Schmidt crschmidt at metacarta.com
Wed Dec 5 20:07:49 EST 2007


On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 03:40:43PM -0700, Gregor Mosheh wrote:
> What methods are available to save the current map image elsewhere, say 
> into a PDF or as a static image?
> 
> I do hope that I'm wrong about it not being possible. :)

There is no cross-browser way to save the current view to a map image in
the browser. The general answer is "Take all the information you need,
pass it to the server, and make it do the hard work." 

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta



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