[OpenLayers-Users] Z-ordering, Y-ordering, Markers with shadows!

[Erik Uzureau]

Just a small note to notify people of some really cool new features that
just got in to OpenLayers.

The related ticket is:
http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/1357

The patch was conceived and developed by Tim Coulter (funkyc) and allows you
to do z-indexing
of elements in the vector layers... sweet! Furthermore, it includes code to
handle "y-ordering" which
brings elements which are futher "down" (lower y value) on the map "in
front" (higher zindex) of those
above. This is great for a cool pseudo-3d view. Cooler yet, all elements can
now also have a background
graphic, conveniently designed to allow for drop shadows, making things even
*more* 3d.

Kudos to Tim for a really great patch... check it out!

The examples to see it immediately are here:
http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/marker-shadow.html
http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/ordering.html


This is one of the exciting new features that will be part of the 2.7
release,
so we are really keen to have people check it out and maybe play around
with it on their own sites, give us some feedback... enjoy!
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