Hi Adam, That's great - done! A nice easy fix. The imagery loads just as quickly as the roads as well :)
Many thanks, Richard On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 2:26:57 PM UTC, Adam Cox wrote: > > Hi Richard, that is something that you would set in Arches. It's very > simple: > > Open your the media/js/map/base-layers.js file in your app. At the bottom > you should see something like: baseLayers[0].layer.setVisible(true);. > The 0 in that line corresponds to an index position in the list of base > layers that you can see a couple of lines up. To change from the first (0) > to the second (1) layer in the list--the satellite layer--just replace the > 0 with a 1. That should do it! > > Adam > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 4:32 AM, Richard Jennings <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Good question Lucy - I just installed our own Bing key following Adam's >> advice. This was prompted by the fact that our base map intermittently >> disappeared over the last two days. By the way Adam, as our team work with >> remote sensing imagery a lot, we would like to have the satellite imagery >> as the default base map. Is there a way to set this in Arches or is it >> something I need to explore in Bing? >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Richard >> >> On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 7:07:13 PM UTC, Adam Cox wrote: >>> >>> Hi Lucy, yes, I was a little daunted to, but figured there was only one >>> way to find out. The Cane River project does not have heavy traffic yet, >>> so those numbers are extremely low. Even when traffic increases, I don't >>> expect to get close to the limit, but will just have to keep an eye on it >>> to see how it goes. >>> >>> As for the geocoding widget, you should be able to just go into the >>> map.htm file and remove it without any problem. >>> >>> As you can see, there are 3 Bing layers being used, the Bing streets, >>> Bing imagery, and Bing streets + imagery. If you are really worried about >>> limits, you could reconfigure your layers to use Open Street Map tiles (you >>> can use MapQuest's OSM tile service for free). However, I just checked out >>> MapQuest's aerial coverage in Egypt, and it is very bad. So you could use >>> OSM streets, Bing imagery, and OSM street labels + Bing imagery. >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 5:08:01 AM UTC-5, Lucy FJ wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> Here on the Egypt database project we are slowly moving forward. I have >>>> a question about BING services. In the 'settings' section of the >>>> installation documentation, 'read the docs', it is suggested that we sign >>>> up with BING services and obtain a key. What does this actually do? Can >>>> Arches run without the Bing key? Can we show sites on the map with out >>>> this? Are there any alternatives? Unfortunately neither I nor anyone in >>>> our >>>> IT department have previous experience in geocoding. >>>> >>>> Thank you for your time, >>>> >>>> Lucy >>>> >>> -- >> -- To post, send email to [email protected] <javascript:>. To >> unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more information, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Arches Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
