Guys, yr suggestions have given me more than enough to keep me busy for a while; thanks!
And yes, that net console is dynamite! I've had firebug for a good while, but never bothered with that tab. Clarifies a lot. AS Sebastian Benthall wrote: > For Web Feature Service: http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wfs > A WFS protocol, hooked up to a Vector layer, will construct valid WFS > requests and send them to the server. > > For Web Map Service: http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wms > The protocol is used for tiled maps. An OpenLayers WMS layer will > send all the right requests. > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Andy Deakin <andy.dea...@pcmend.net > <mailto:andy.dea...@pcmend.net>> wrote: > > Hi Arnie, > > Different types of layers have different OL to server interfaces. What > are you trying to achieve? > > It might be that the apache mod_rewrite will bridge between what OL > expects (e.g. /z/x/y.png etc) and the folder structure you have on the > server, without needing php at all. > > OpenStreetMap has some documentation regarding its tile names, Perhaps > this might help you: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Slippy_Map > > To inspect data requested and responses, consider using Firebug as an > add-on for Firefox. The 'net' console is brilliant! > > Andy > _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list Dev@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
