[OpenLayers-Users] Bug in Google with overaly example

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:22:25AM -0500, Rodolfo Moreno wrote:
> 
> Hi Eric, do you realize that the overlay examples in
> "http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/" is not working appropriately. Here is
> part of the example code for "google with overlay maps":

It's not working because 'world.freemap.in' is dead, kaput, etc. The 
code should certainly work; can you provide an example where the 
WMS server *does* exist and it doesn't work?

-- Chris

>   function init(){
>             map = new OpenLayers.Map('map');
> 
>             var satellite = new OpenLayers.Layer.Google(
>                 "Google Satellite" , {type: G_SATELLITE_MAP}
>             );
> 
>             var wms = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS(
>                 "World Map",
>                 "http://world.freemap.in/cgi-bin/mapserv",
>                 {
>                     map: '/www/freemap.in/world/map/factbooktrans.map',
>                     transparent: 'TRUE',
>                     layers: 'factbook'
>                 },
>                 {'reproject': true}
>             );
> 
>             map.addLayers([satellite, wms]);
> 
>             map.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(10.205188,48.857593), 5);
>             map.addControl( new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher() );
>         }
> 
> In this code I can see what you are saying(transparent: 'TRUE') but this
> sample is not working either.
> maybe it's an openlayers issue.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Eric Lemoine-2-2 wrote:
> > 
> > On Tuesday, August 11, 2009, Rodolfo Moreno <rodolfoamoreno at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Eric for your answer. I am overlapping a mapguide layer. I did
> >> what
> >> you suggested but it's not working.
> >>
> >> var dynamicOverlayOptions = {
> >>               buffer: 1,
> >>               singleTile: true,
> >>         isBaseLayer : false,
> >>         visibility : true,
> >>         transparent:true // This is the code added
> >>                  };
> >>
> >> Is this property (transparent:true) new?
> >> I ask about it because my sample works fine 3 months ago.
> > 
> > transparent is a WMS param. It should go in the Layer.WMS params, not
> > options.
> > 
> > 
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance
> >>
> >>
> >> Eric Lemoine-2-2 wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Rodolfo
> >>> Moreno<rodolfoamoreno at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>> The google with overlay example from
> >>>> "http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/"
> >>>> is working incorrectly. The bug is not only because the worldmap is not
> >>>> loaded correctly but also because this is covering whole the map and
> >>>> thus
> >>>> the google layer is not showed, just the worldmap is showed. if you
> >>>> turn
> >>>> off
> >>>> the worldmap layer then it's possible to view the google layer. I
> >>>> realized
> >>>> about it because I have a similar example overlaping google maps with
> >>>> mapguide layers and 3 months ago this sample worked appropriately (in
> >>>> that
> >>>> moment the last release was 2.6 version) and now I got the same bug, it
> >>>> means that mapguide layers covers whole map that don't enable to view
> >>>> the
> >>>> google layers.
> >>>
> >>> The layer you put on top of the google layer must be transparent. If
> >>> your layer if a WMS layer (OpenLayers.Layer.WMS) use transparent:true
> >>> in the layer params.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Eric Lemoine
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >> -----
> >> Rodolfo Moreno
> >> CivilEng
> >>
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> > Eric Lemoine
> > 
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> 
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> Rodolfo Moreno
> CivilEng
> 
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