[OpenLayers-Users] marker label?

[Godfrey nangoma]

Hello Arnd,Your example is excellent. This is exactly what I was looking
for.

Thanks,
Godfrey

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Arnd Wippermann <arnd.wippermann at web.de>wrote:

>  I have no experience with markers, but for vector features and popup
> labels you can look at this example:
>
> http://gis.ibbeck.de/ginfo/apps/OLExamples/Index/index.html
>
> Arnd Wippermann
>
>  ------------------------------
> *Von:* users-bounces at openlayers.org [mailto:users-bounces at openlayers.org]
> *Im Auftrag von *Godfrey nangoma
> *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 11. November 2008 18:15
>
> *An:* users at openlayers.org
> *Betreff:* Re: [OpenLayers-Users] marker label?
>
> Popups are a result of event handler, I believe. You have to click/mouse
> over a marker to create popup. If I understand Auftrag's question, he wants
> both the marker and its label displayed without any event handling. I am
> also looking for this feature. Is openlayers support this functionality? Or
> even a Vector object and its label
> Thanks,
> Godfrey
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Arnd Wippermann <arnd.wippermann at web.de>wrote:
>
>> You can use Popups and show them immediately without hover or click
>>
>> Arnd Wippermann
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: users-bounces at openlayers.org [mailto:users-bounces at openlayers.org]
>> Im
>> Auftrag von Deli Soetiawan
>> Gesendet: Freitag, 26. September 2008 07:52
>> An: users at openlayers.org
>> Betreff: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] marker label?
>>
>>
>> So there's no another way to add "real" label to the marker? my
>> application
>> required that user can see point(marker) name without need to mouseover or
>> click on it, i even discard such functionality, the reason was the
>> application was intended for use in mobile device that have input
>> limitation
>> (Ajax works though).
>>
>> For my application need, popup (both on click or hover) was useless, how
>> can
>> we hover/click a marker when we don't have stylus or atleast virtual
>> cursor?
>> think we were using a cellphone with only 0-9,#,* and navigational key
>> there.
>>
>> For that reason why i need some tricks to put label marker on map, Ka-Map
>> offer this feature in their xml overlay functionality so maybe in future
>> version OpenLayers can add this feature.
>>
>> Okay i must admit that "maybe" initially OL was created to mimic Google
>> Maps
>> on their interface (GMap also has marker without label so we must
>> hover/click on it) but additional feature would be nice (like they have
>> done
>> with current OL).
>>
>> PS: feel sorry if i can't describe my needs very well on my previous post
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