Hi Bobby, from mypoint of view, it could be possible to abuse OL as a viewer for your mathematical plots.
You just have to create a new layer, whose points are calculated based on a mathematical function. But here arise my problems: Coordinates are from my point of view discrete values. Your math-function is non discret. So your layer could calculate its values based on the x-coordinates of your actual window, where each y-value would be connect by a line. When zooming in each line would first show an interpolation of the values between the y-values of 2 x-coordinates, but you should do a recalculating. But it could work. You sould think about the location of your calculating process: client-side within javascript or server-side with ????? For drawing the background lines and units of your coordinate-system you can use a image layer Cheers Carsten Quoting "Bobby Moretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > I'm interested in making an interactive, web-based viewer for > mathematical plots with Google maps-style dragging and zooming. I > stumbled across OpenLayers, and it seems like it might be a good tool > to use for this. > > I've looked through some of the documentation, but I'm having trouble > figuring out how to go about setting up a custom data source. > > Is this even feasible? Is OpenLayers the right framework for such a > viewer, or should I be looking for something else? > > Thanks for any input, > > -Bobby > > -- > Bobby Moretti > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
