I agree with cr5 that there is probably nothing we can do about this...however it *might* be fixable.
I've opened http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/816 For anyone who wants to take a stab at it... e On 2/16/07, Christopher Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 11:15:05AM +0100, Jonas Beck wrote: > > hello, > > > > i am quite new to this list. experimenting around with OpenLayers (damn > > that's fun), i ran into a problem using a googleLayer. > > the whole googleLayer disappears all tiles at once, nevermind which kind > > of googleLayer (satellite/map/hybrid) i use. it seems to disappear > > around the moment when some new tiles should be loaded. anybody ran into > > that one too? i feel this is quite inconvenient, it just ruins the fun > > when browsing with a googleLayer in my map. im not into google, but it > > would make my work a lot easier , and better looking =). > > I've seen this behavior many times. However, I am firmly of the belief > that this misbehavior is outside the realm of OpenLayers: the Google > Layer simply calls 'setCenter' many many times, most likely in a way > that is not designed to be supported by Google. > > OpenLayers has an internal 'moveTo' operation on layers that is called > differently when dragging. I expect that Google has a similar function > -- which explains why you don't see the problem on Google Maps > applications -- but without the code being available it's not possible > to check it out. > > At some point, I may try to form a small example that doesn't involve > OpenLayers which reproduces this, so I can take it to Google/Google > mailing lists, but it is my expectation at the moment that this problem > is not something that OpenLayers has control over. > > Regards, > -- > Christopher Schmidt > MetaCarta > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
