[OpenLayers-Users] layer on top of google maps stretched

[Tore Halset]

Thanks for the answer!

Currently, it is two projections, google for the base map and EPSG: 
4326 for the overlay. I was just thinking of implementing the google  
projection in my wms-service to prevent openlayers from stretching  
the image and thereby reducing the number of projections to one.

It is not that important, I am very pleased by the current  
functionality. Thanks a lot for openlayers!

  - Tore.

Den Jan 11, 2007 kl. 13:30 skrev Christopher Schmidt:

> On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 01:24:02PM +0100, Tore Halset wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I am drawing a wms (transparent png) on top of google maps in
>> openlayers. Openlayers use EPSG:4326 in the WMS request and stretch
>> the returned image to fit pretty well. Circles in the WMS layer are
>> stretched more and more as I navigate to the North of equator.
>>
>> Is it possible to specify a projection for the WMS-layer that will
>> reduce the stretching?
>
> OpenLayers does not currently have the capability you are looking for.
> (Essentially, this would require having a map in two different
> projections, which is both difficult technically and more complex than
> just making it work for Google.)
>
> This functionality is something that I would like to see at some  
> point,
> but it's non-trivial implementation, and implementing it in a way that
> is:
>  * Generally useful
>  * Doens't hurt the general case
>
> is kind of hard.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Christopher Schmidt
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