On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 03:05:02PM +0000, Ian Mayo wrote: > > > Overall, it seems the only way to get external data in is via cached > > > WMS images. So, the best I can think of is to "somehow" get a world > > > vector shoreline dataset written as transparent-gif images in world > > > wind data format, then display these images as a "higher" layer than > > > any other image layers: thus overlaying a coastline. > > > > Er, yes. I'm not sure why you make it sound so speculative, though :) > > Does the task sound unusual or difficult to you in some way? > > > > You can use the world freemap dataset: > > .... > > So many new skills, so few evening hours....
:) I didn't say it would be *easy* -- but it shouldn't be complex. The task at hand takes time, but it's not innovative: I don't expect you'll run into too many problems. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt MetaCarta _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
