Yes it is a simpler way to do it. As far as the function is well
documented to indicate what is added.

In the meantime I found that the WMS Toporama Service provides maps
for all the zooms levels. The problem seems more one of Response-Time.
I wrote to RNCAN to see if it comes from their server. I succeed to
have map or some tiles at zoom levels 3 and 4. From 5 to 10, I rarely
obtain tiles.

PierreB

On 14 sep, 11:05, Papa Bear <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Pierre
>
> I have put in the event listeners and  overlays but found them slow
> and sometimes the overlay would not go away.  I tweaked it a bit and
> got the overlays to load (or not load) properly but the performance
> was still not good,  I came up with another scheme that seems to work
> more smoothly. I just added two lines to the function WMSGetTileUrl
> (...) which check the map type and zoom level and then sets the
> baseUrl and layer appropriately.  So although there is slightly more
> code used for each and every tile, this seems to have less impact than
> adding or removing the overlay.
>
> function WMSGetTileUrl(tile,zoom) {
>   if (this.name=='CanVec' && zoom<11) {var
> baseUrl=C_NRCAN_RASTER.getTileLayers()[0].baseUrl; var
> layer=C_NRCAN_RASTER.getTileLayers()[0].layer;}
>   else {var baseUrl = this.baseUrl; var layer = this.layer;}
> ...
>   return baseUrl+'&layers='+layer+'&bbox='+bbox+'&width='+this.tileSize
> +'&height='+this.tileSize;
>
> }
>
> I'm not quite ready to put it on-line, so forgive me for not putting
> up a link.
>
> But in a nutshell, I do the following
> 1) check if this is the NRCan Vector map type and if the zoom is less
> than 11
> 2) if so, change the baseURL and layer to point to the NRCan Raster
> type.
>
> I'm not sure doing this kind of stuff inside the GetTileUrl function
> is allowed or recommended, but it definitely give better performance
> for me.
>
> Any comments?
>
> On Sep 11, 5:30 pm, PierreB <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > One nice place near Marble Mountain is Mount Megantic. This mountain
> > is surrounded by ridges that are so beautifull to cross during the
> > winter with snowshoes.
>
> > Concerning the possibility to use Raster Maps at lower zoom levels
> > where Vector maps are not available, I found the following solution
> > using GEvent.addListener and added instructions to the test 
> > filehttp://www.clubmontagnecanadien.qc.ca/sentier/toporama.htm.
>
> >         // raster map used for zoom levels 7 to 10
> >         var NRCAN_TOPO = WMSCreateMap('TopoCan Raster','<img alt="carte
> > produite sur le site du cMc" src="../images/favicon.jpg" /> &nbsp;
> > &nbsp; &copy; Natural Ressources Department of Canada','http://
> > wms.cits.rncan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/cubeserv.cgi?exceptions=application/
> > vnd.ogc.se_inimage&style=default','PUB_50K:CARTES_MATRICIELLES/
> > RASTER_MAPS&transparent=true', 7, 18, 't' );
>
> >         raster = new GTileLayerOverlay( NRCAN_TOPO.getTileLayers()[0] );
> >         var raster_overlay=0;
>
> >         GEvent.addListener(carte, "zoomend", function()
> >         {
> >           if (carte.getCurrentMapType() == NRCAN_TOPORAMA_A)
> >           {
> >                   zoom=carte.getZoom();
> >                   if (zoom <=10) {carte.addOverlay(raster); 
> > raster_overlay=1;}
> >              else if (raster_overlay==1) {carte.removeOverlay(raster);
> > raster_overlay=0;}
> >           }
> >         }  );
> >         GEvent.addListener(carte, "maptypechanged", function()
> >         {
> >           if (carte.getCurrentMapType() != NRCAN_TOPORAMA_A)
> >           {
> >                   if (raster_overlay==1)
> >                   {carte.removeOverlay(raster); raster_overlay=0;}
> >           }
> >           else
> >           if (carte.getCurrentMapType() == NRCAN_TOPORAMA_A)
> >           {
> >                   zoom=carte.getZoom();
> >                   if (zoom <=10) {carte.addOverlay(raster); 
> > raster_overlay=1;}
> >           }
> >         }  );
>
> > Pierre
>
>
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