Thanks for all of this. So- I've seen someone using a Bing layer in openlayers that flips to Ordnance Survey when it gets to a certain zoom level (unfortunately it's not fully released yet so I can't give the live example). From their (unfortunately minimised and therefore difficult to follow) code it appears they have defined an OpenLayers.Layer.OS layer type. Is the implication that this is it likely to be a violation of the Bing terms of service? Could someone point me in the direction of the terms of service where it states this so I can let them know?
Thanks again Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "christopher schmidt" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected], "j cook" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 5 January, 2011 6:20:13 PM Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] New Bing tiles layer 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> ------ Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format >>>> (OASIS Open Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, >>>> please visit http://iso26300.info for more information. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ Users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users >>> >>> >>> >>> -- Andreas Hocevar >>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ >>> Expert service straight from the developers. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ Users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users >> >> _______________________________________________ Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users > > -- Andreas Hocevar > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ > Expert service straight from the developers. > -- ----------------------------------------------------- Joanne Cook Senior IT Support and Development Oxford Archaeology (North) 01524 880212 http://thehumanjourney.net ------ Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit http://iso26300.info for more information. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users
