On Jan 5, 2011, at 1:03 PM, ext Andreas Hocevar wrote:
> On Jan 5, 2011, at 19:02 , <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I think OL.Layer.MM has been dead for a while; I wouldn't work too hard on
>> trying to do much with it.
>
> I have changed the multimap and multimap-mercator examples to use a new api
> key a while ago and they still work fine.
Hm, okay. Nevermind then! :)
-- Chris
> Andreas.
>
>>
>> -- Chris
>>
>> On Jan 5, 2011, at 12:41 PM, ext Andreas Hocevar wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> you may want to ask Microsoft for an API and Terms Of Use compliant way to
>>> do this. In the meantime, you can override the getURL method of your
>>> OpenLayers.Layer.Bing instance to append a productSet parameter, but this
>>> clearly violates the Bing Maps Terms Of Use.
>>>
>>> getURL: function() {
>>> return OpenLayers.Layer.Bing.prototype.getURL.apply(this, arguments) +
>>> "&productSet=mmOS"
>>> }
>>>
>>> It seems these tile sets are for MultiMap. You may also want to have a look
>>> at this: http://www.ms-windows.info/Help/ordnance-survey-maps-2674.aspx -
>>> OpenLayers.Layer.MultiMap may help here.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Andreas.
>>>
>>> On Jan 5, 2011, at 18:03 , Joanne Cook wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I have been playing with the new Bing tiles layer in the OpenLayers trunk,
>>>> and can get it to work for standard layers, but I was wondering if it will
>>>> ever be possible to access the Ordnance Survey tiles that are available in
>>>> Bing in the UK through this method? I have tried supplying the type
>>>> "ordnanceSurvey" (which I got through trawling the code on the main Bing
>>>> maps site) but this returns a blank image. I see from
>>>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vemapcontroldev/thread/a5f667ab-4472-4506-a1ce-8af6d62165bb/
>>>> that the Ordnance Survey layers are custom tile layers, and as such, in
>>>> Bing they would be added using a different approach
>>>> (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429629.aspx).
>>>>
>>>> I have also tried accessing the tiles using the older virtualEarth layer
>>>> type (version 6.3 of the api, with the en-GB culture parameter) but I'm
>>>> not having much luck with that either (also returns a blank image).
>>>>
>>>> Is this even feasible, and if so would anyone be prepared to help me work
>>>> through any code modifications (happy to have a go, with someone to hold
>>>> my hand)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Jo
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>> Joanne Cook
>>>> Senior IT Support and Development
>>>> Oxford Archaeology (North)
>>>> 01524 880212
>>>> http://thehumanjourney.net
>>>>
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