Hello all, I am new to GIS and spatial data technology. For the last week I have been trying to figure what is the appropriate/recommended way to add a Google Map layer to my Geoserver projects. I saw a screen shot on one site of some sort plug-in, but have yet to find any info on that. I have also seen http://geowebcache.org/docs/current/services/gmaps.html but I yet to know where do I add this JavaScript snippet to implement it. So far the only solution I have come up with is to create an HTML document and place it in the www directory of my Geoserver with the following snippets:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> <head> <script src='http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/ mapcontrol.ashx?v=6.2&mkt=en-us'></script> <script src="http://maps.google.com/maps? file=api&v=2&sensor=false& type="text/javascript"></ script> ...... // create Google layer var gsat = new OpenLayers.Layer.Google( "Google Satellite", {type: G_SATELLITE_MAP, sphericalMercator: true} ); .... map.addLayers([gsat, veaer, yahoosat, wms]); ..... But is the process really this manual? In Quantum GIS there's an easy out-of-the-box plug-in that I click on and a Google Layer is generated for my spatial data. My other question is, why is the API key needed? I didn't use it in this case and I have read in articles that it isn't needed for the v3 API. Does this key only apply to some of the Google MAp API's and not others? I apologize in advance if I am asking the obvious :) Cheers, elshae -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-js-api-v3?hl=en.
