great site jennifer! unfortunately i can't use tilecache locally because of python.
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Jennifer Shanks <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Zach, > > Here's a link to a blog post written by Christopher Schmidt that describes > steps for using MapServer WMS and TileCache for generating tiles and > displaying them on a Google map: > http://crschmidt.net/blog/311/using-tilecache-with-google-maps-and-virtual-earth/ > > The advantage of using TileCache is the load on your server will be much > lighter. If tiles for a requested area have already been generated, they > will be served up. If the tiles do not yet exist, they'll be generated and > cached. > > Here's a site that I created following the steps in the blog post: > www.parkinfo.org > > Here's the map javascript I use for loading the a TileCache layer. I use > GTileLayers rather than GTileLayerOverlays so that I can create a custom map > type with my data layers beneath the Google roads and labels. > > //create the tile layer > var tileParks = new GTileLayer(null,null,null,{ > tileUrlTemplate: > 'http://www.parkinfo.org/tilecache/tilecache.py/1.0.0/parkinfo_parks/{Z}/{X}/{Y}.png?type=google', > isPng:true}); > tileParks.getOpacity = function() { return .6; } > > //create a custom satellite map type with imagery on the bottom, parks tile > on top of that, and roads places labels on top. > > lyr_parks_sat=[G_HYBRID_MAP.getTileLayers()[0],tileParks,G_HYBRID_MAP.getTileLayers()[1]]; > lyr_sat=[G_HYBRID_MAP.getTileLayers()[0],G_HYBRID_MAP.getTileLayers()[1]]; > parkssat = new GMapType(lyr_parks_sat, G_NORMAL_MAP.getProjection(), > "Satellite", {errorMessage:"Data currently unavailable"}); > > map.addMapType(parkssat); > > Hope this helps, > Jennifer > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: zach cruise <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009 1:28:23 PM > Subject: [mapserver-users] mapserver map as wms in google maps - update? > > i can show mapserver wms in google earth. and i can find a lot of > online resources to show mapserver wms in google maps, like > http://roadlessland.org/notes/wms-shapefile-example.html, > http://n2.nabble.com/Serving-WMS-in-Google-Maps-using-nested-layers-td1989615.html, > but it's a little confusing. > > what's the most up-to-date recommendation considering all upgrades? > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
