I guess the root of the issue is much more fundamental in terms of how we think about this and similar issues. Take for example the OGC WMS (map image server) specification which allows consumers/clients to specify a "style" (this is called a Styled Layer Descriptor [SLD] in OGC lingo) for the features being requested. The server then takes the "style" parses it, and applys the encoded symbology before returning the image to the client. Ideally, this separation of concerns (data vs portrayal) is what is needed for GM. This functionality has been available to OGC services for almost a decade. I think it's an oversight in this context. It would be very useful for me to specify a "style", local or remote that GM can use to symbolize my features. These styles can then be shared (much like the UI "skin" concept) amongst others. I have implemented something like this where users can create a shared SLD in a web form that can be used by anybody/service. But I digress...
What most of us need/want is to symbolize GeoRSS feeds any way we see fit for the purpose at hand. For example, if I am going to display the USGS earthquakes GeoRSS feed I don't want users to see blue pushpins, I want them to see circles that are colored and sized according to depth and magnitude. Make sense? On Oct 14, 11:14 am, bratliff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 14, 5:46 pm, Garthan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Im sure you have looked at the interception trick off of mikes > > pages I just took another look.. and actually if the things it was > > exploiting were > > documented and thereby stable I would say it gives most > > of what is needed, so mayhaps if this was a full > > feature it might be "easy" enought? > > >http://econym.googlepages.com/interceptor.htm > > It does not work if mapsdt is rendering tiles - the only reasonable > way to handle large complex polys. Do it once & cache it rather than > beat the browser to death repeatedly. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
