Tim Michelsen wrote: > may you please point me on an example that shows a marker with text > pop-up and a custom icon (non-standard red one) and employs the latest > methods? > > I read somewhere, that marker layers are not the way to achieve this. >
You can, but it's not the recommended way. > But how do I use the vetor layers in order to create such a feature? > http://www.openlayers.org/dev/examples/sundials.html has everything you are requesting above. > My markers shall use lat/lon variables taken from a database (not like > the text file example). > If you take them from a database, you have to format them in some way before transmitting to the client. Easiest options include GeoJSON and the text file you mentioned. Why don't you like that one? Regards, Andreas. > I have been searching all over but couldn't find. > > Many thanks, > Timmie > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@openlayers.org > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Andreas Hocevar OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ Expert service straight from the developers. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
