Re: [OpenLayers-Users] free base maps

2008-08-21 Thread Erik Uzureau
I've added an entry to the FAQ[1] to point users to the Datasets[2] wiki page on the OpenLayers site. At this point it is a pretty weak offerring, but people should feel free to add other freely available WMS servers there... I think it would be a nice resource for the community. Erik [1]

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] free base maps

2008-08-13 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:34:15PM -0400, Bilge Tutak wrote: Thanks everybody, Is there any code examples or actual URL I can use for these maps? I also found openstreetmaps. Is this also a free option? It does not have satellite, but has pretty nice topo maps. spherical-mercator.html:

[OpenLayers-Users] free base maps

2008-08-12 Thread Bilge Tutak
Hi All, I am currently using Openlayers with the base map from Openlayers. I am curious if there are other free map services that can give base maps like the Openlayers maybe also with satellite imagery? I already know Google, Yahoo and MS ones. From these Google is the most useful for me in terms

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] free base maps

2008-08-12 Thread Gregor Mosheh
Bilge Tutak wrote: I am currently using Openlayers with the base map from Openlayers. I am curious if there are other free map services that can give base maps like the Openlayers maybe also with satellite imagery? TerraServer is a good one, for black-n-white photos. -- Gregor Mosheh / Greg

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] free base maps

2008-08-12 Thread Nathan Gerber
http://onearth.jpl.nasa.gov/ has global coverage (minus the poles) and is decent for regional views but is limited to 15 meter per pixel as its best resolution with 30m being the best in some regions. So if you need close up views it won't fit your needs. Sorry Gregor, I meant to do a reply-all

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] free base maps

2008-08-12 Thread Anselm Hook
and onearth falls over pretty much all the time; it is remarkably unstable. - me On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Nathan Gerber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://onearth.jpl.nasa.gov/ has global coverage (minus the poles) and is decent for regional views but is limited to 15 meter per pixel as

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] free base maps

2008-08-12 Thread Nathan Gerber
True enough, I forgot all about that as I had actually made a local cache of it for that exact reason. -- Nathan Gerber On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Anselm Hook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and onearth falls over pretty much all the time; it is remarkably unstable. - me On Tue, Aug 12,

Re: [OpenLayers-Users] free base maps

2008-08-12 Thread Bilge Tutak
Thanks everybody, Is there any code examples or actual URL I can use for these maps? I also found openstreetmaps. Is this also a free option? It does not have satellite, but has pretty nice topo maps. Bilge. On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Nathan Gerber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True enough, I