<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 April 2010 16:44, john whelan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com">jwhelan0112@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<br>The reason I've posted in both CA and Newbies is we don't appear to have the same capabilities in OpenStreetMap unless I'm missing something and their applications use Google Map as a background image and sticks the icons in on top. Anyone have any knowledge of what they are doing or how they are doing it?</blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>It's easier/cleaner to do 'mashups' with the Google API. With the options from OpenStreetMap you need to be brave looking at javascript, but it can be just as quick to do. There are some helpful examples of using OpenLayers(powers the 'slippy map' on <a href="http://osm.org">osm.org</a>) at <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Openlayers">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Openlayers</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Openlayers"></a>I believe someone is working on making it easier to do lots of drawing functions over the map, like you can with Google. They are doing it as a Google Summer of Code project, but I'd wait and see what actually comes out of it at the end of the summer.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Some people use the Google API(I've never looked at it myself) and you can display OSM maps instead of the Google maps (it still has the powered by Google logo, but displays an OSM copyright message instead of TeleAtlas/NavTeq). I think this is usually for people that have built a webpage/site and later decide to use OSM without rewriting their displaying code. The page for that is here <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Maps_Example">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Maps_Example</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Note, I'm not on the Newbies list, so my message will have to be approved or if it is helpful someone can forward it over.</div></div><br>-- <br>Gregory<br><a href="mailto:osm@livingwithdragons.com">osm@livingwithdragons.com</a><br>
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