I've used the MapServer Untiled Layer-type and have had it use the blank-image
url as the URL to mapserver. I've found this useful for doing some debugging
as it always gives me a nice clean reference to the mapsize and mapext in the
URL. :-)
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From: Tim Schaub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:43:50 PM
Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Dev] Null basemap?
Jeff Yutzler wrote:
> In the past we've always been told that you must have a basemap to
use
> OpenLayers. "So many things are keyed off of the base map, it must
be
> there or things just won't work." However, I find this to be an
awkward
> constraint, particularly if you have an OGC context that you are
> loading. OGC contexts have no knowledge of the concept of base map -
> everything is just a layer and the "basemap" is naturally the bottom
> layer of the context. To get around this, I developed a dummy "Null"
> basemap class that always returns blank.gif. Is this an acceptable
> solution to the problem? If so, would this be a worthwhile
ticket/patch
> to provide?
I agree that it is an awkward constraint. My issue is more with the
coupling of map.baseLayer and the layer.isBaseLayer property.
Ideally, we'd have a map.displaySRS or something. Without this
property
set however, it is nice to have the map draw projection related
information from somewhere. The map.baseLayer currently serves that
purpose. The weird part (in my mind) is also having a
layer.isBaseLayer
property. What we really want to know is "can this layer be displayed
in a different SRS?" The layer.isBaseLayer property sort of means "no"
in response to this question - but it is a bit too broad.
My workarounds have been about making layers[0] act as a base layer.
If
you want a dummy layer to serve this purpose, there are a bunch of
options without patching the trunk. An image layer with displayInLayer
false sounds like an easy one to me.
I do like the idea of working towards a more flexible handling of the
base layer concept.
Tim
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