Re: [OpenLayers-Users] Newbie question - displaying layer of text objects on a map

Hi, Andrew Smith wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:45 AM, Andreas Hocevar > wrote: > > Hi, > > 2009/3/22 Andrew Smith >: > > Andreas, you mentioned that if my data was in PostGIS I could use > either a > > WMS

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] Newbie question - displaying layer of text objects on a map

Andreas, On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:45 AM, Andreas Hocevar wrote: > Hi, > > 2009/3/22 Andrew Smith : > > Andreas, you mentioned that if my data was in PostGIS I could use either > a > > WMS or WFS to get the data. If I went down the WMS path, I would have > one > > WMS for my base map layer, and

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] Newbie question - displaying layer of text objects on a map

Hi, 2009/3/22 Andrew Smith : > Andreas, you mentioned that if my data was in PostGIS I could use either a > WMS or WFS to get the data.  If I went down the WMS path, I would have one > WMS for my base map layer, and another one for my text objects layer.  My You could also combine these into one

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] Newbie question - displaying layer of text objects on a map

Thanks for the info guys. I'm glad it wasn't something simple that I was overlooking. I'm surprised that there aren't more OpenLayers-based apps out there that have a need for layers of text that don't come across as part of the image with the geometric data. It's an absolute necessity for mine.

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] Newbie question - displaying layer of text objects on a map

Hi, On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 3:58 AM, Andrew Smith wrote: > I am an absolute beginner when it comes to all things GIS.  I've been > playing with OpenLayers for a few days and am quite impressed with what it > can do so far.  However, something I haven't been able to find any examples > of is showi

[OpenLayers-Users] Newbie question - displaying layer of text objects on a map

Hi all, I am an absolute beginner when it comes to all things GIS. I've been playing with OpenLayers for a few days and am quite impressed with what it can do so far. However, something I haven't been able to find any examples of is showing a text object on a map. Here's what I want to do. I h