Christopher Schmidt schrieb: >On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 03:19:01PM +0100, Till Adams wrote: > > >>Christopher Schmidt schrieb: >> >> >> >>>On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 11:50:54AM +0100, Till Adams wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>dear list, >>>> >>>>we build an application, where the background-maps for our OL client are >>>>served by MS VE (this was not my decision ;-)). >>>> >>>>Now we have a commercial access (username/password) to MS VirtaulEarth - >>>>has anyone integrated commercial VE access in OL yet? Is there sth. like >>>>that key for google where I have to send username/password? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>No clue. If you find VirtualEarth documentation for how to connect, then >>>share a link to that, someone might be able to advise how to implement >>>it in OpenLayers. I'm not aware of any comercial VE usage inside OL at >>>this time. >>> >>>Regards, >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Chris, List, >> >>thanks for your reply. Our reseller found out, the access is nearly the >>same, they pointed us to >>this: >> >>http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=6&mkt=somekey >> >> >>Which is exactly the same, the in OL included "mapcontrol.js" does. As >>long as I use "URL?v=3" or "URL?v=4" which >>means older versions of VE, OL works. When I try v=5 or v=6 I get an >>error pointing to "Msn.VE.Pixel". >>I guess they result from a changing in the objectmodel of MS VE. >> >>Does anyone ever used the newer versions of VE OR has anybody a clue >>about how much adapting is needed, >>to re-write the VE-access for OL to newer versions of MS VE? >> >> > >Some people have looked into it. I'm not one of them, and I don't >remember hearing any specific information back on what the resolution >was. I doubt that there would be much in the way of changes: the VE >Layer is most likely easily adapted, and the change is likely just a >change in names, not in functionality, but I'm not sure. > >The code to look at is OpenLayers.Layer.VirtualEarth. > >Regards, > > Chris,
thanx, indeed, it doesn't look like too much stuff. We'll see - if we adapt it, I 'll report and track back. Till ---------------------------------------------------------- terrestris GmbH & Co. KG Irmintrudisstrasse 17 53111 Bonn Germany Till Adams Geschäftsführung Tel: +49 (0)228 / 962 899-52 Fax: +49 (0)228 / 962 899-57 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.terrestris.de Amtsgericht Bonn, HRA 6835 --------------------------------------------------------- Komplementärin: terrestris Verwaltungs GmbH vertreten durch: Hinrich Paulsen, Till Adams _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
