-1 And my reason for this is because of printing. We have to put a copyright notice for our HUD site, and we do it with a DIV tag similar to the scale control and I assume the new attribution control.
But, when we print maps, we merge all of the layers into a single one for printing to work, and I have MapServer put the copyright notice at the bottom of the map (normally we do not want a layer just for copyright notice and a separate WMS call, so the div tag works great for the interactive map). I really don't see it as too big a problem for developers to add the control when necessary, but then I'm not a data provider and view the notices poorly anyway :-) John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Schmidt Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Dev] [OpenLayers-Trac] [OpenLayers] #966: Add attribution control to map by default On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 01:43:22PM -0000, OpenLayers wrote: > #966: Add attribution control to map by default > -----------------------+---------------------------------------------------- > Reporter: crschmidt | Owner: > Type: bug | Status: new > Priority: major | Milestone: 2.6 Release > Component: Control | Version: 2.4 > Keywords: | > -----------------------+---------------------------------------------------- > In order to maek the attribution control useful, it should be on by > default. That way, layers can simply provide 'attribution' inside them, > and they will automatically be displayed on the map unless someone has > taken deliberate steps to ensure otherwise. Can I get a vote on this? By default, this control will do nothing -- if no layers have attribution on them, then nothing shows up. However, if someone adds 'attribution' to the layer options, then it will show up -- rather than needing to add attribution *and* the control. The benefit is that some commercial organization can now provide a .js file on their website that is *just* a layer class - and nothing else -- and expect it to work. I personally think this is kind of cool, and would be in favor of it. Can I get a vote on this? All in favor of adding the Control.Attribution to the map by default? I'm +1. (Demo of functionality is at http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/attribution.html , original ticket is at http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/103) -- Christopher Schmidt MetaCarta _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.15/1003 - Release Date: 9/12/2007 10:56 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.15/1003 - Release Date: 9/12/2007 10:56 AM This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
