Thanks for the quick response. I'd really like to start using OpenLayers with TileCache to serve up my WMS layers. Maybe it's time for me to find/develop an alternative to Google's annotation layer.
John > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:02:55PM -0400, John J Reiser wrote: >> Hello OpenLayers! >> >> I was wondering if it was possible to overlay the roads/labels layer >> from >> Google Maps on top of a WMS layer. Right now, using the roads/labels >> from >> the G_HYBRID_MAP type either creates a layer with a solid gray >> background >> or appears under the WMS layer. > > This is outside the design of OpenLayers. I have seen users hack things > to do it, but it's hard. > > The problem is that fixed layers (Google is fixed because when you drag > the map, it doesn't shift) live in a different DOM hierarchy, which > makes solving this task more difficult. > > I would say that at this point, you'd probably be better using Google > Maps directly to solve this problem than OpenLayers. > > If there was sufficient interest, research could be done into solving > this problem; it likely wouldn't be too difficult, just difficult with > the current code. (I can't comment on how difficult; it's possible that > funding could motivate further investigation.) > > Regards, > -- > Christopher Schmidt > MetaCarta > _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
