[OpenLayers-Users] change a layer's url

[Gregor Mosheh]

Richard Greenwood wrote:
> Is it possible to modify a layer's url after it has been added to a
> map with map.addLayer()? And similarly, is it possible to dynamically
> alter a layer's params?

Yeah; I do it all the time. Use mergeNewParams()

l = layers['storms'];
l.mergeNewParams(date:'20080414', time:1530);

I don't think that a l.reload() would even be necessary. I think that 
mergeNewParams() calls reload.

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