[OSM-newbies] "Data CC-BY-SA by OpenStreetMap" not being rendered in map

[joe walko]

Gotcha, it works now. I added 'new OpenLayers.Control.Attribution()'
and it shows up. Thanks for the help!


On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Stephen Cavilia <ailivac at gmail.com> wrote:
> Now I remember why. If you create a Map without specifying any controls
> you get basic navigation and attribution by default. If you specify
> anything for controls, this will replace the default, i.e. the
> attribution control won't be there unless you add it yourself.
>
> Steve
>
>
> joe walko wrote:
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> Silly licensing question for you.  From:
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ, it says:
>>
>> "If you are using OpenStreetMap data only, we request that your credit
>> reads at least "Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA". "
>>
>> And by default, OpenLayers maps using OSM display the credit, as seen
>> in this example: http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/osm.html
>>
>> However, I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary, but that text is
>> never displayed.  Here's the initial map setup:
>>
>>       function init(lon, lat, w_city, alt_cities)
>>   53         {
>>   54
>>   55
>>   56             map = new OpenLayers.Map("prelogin-map", { controls: [
>>   57                 new OpenLayers.Control.Navigation(),
>>   58                 new OpenLayers.Control.PanZoomBar({zoomStopHeight: 4}),
>>   59                 new OpenLayers.Control.ScaleLine(),
>>   60                 new OpenLayers.Control.Permalink("reset"),
>>   61                 //new OpenLayers.Control.MousePosition(),
>>   62                 new OpenLayers.Control.OverviewMap()] });
>>   63
>>   64             // See: http://docs.openlayers.org/library/controls.html
>>   65             map.addControl(new OpenLayers.Control.Navigation());
>>   66             map.addLayer(new OpenLayers.Layer.OSM());
>>   67             var point = new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(lon, lat);
>>   68             var user_circle = new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(point);
>>   69
>>   70             // See:
>> http://docs.openlayers.org/library/spherical_mercator.html
>>   71             // if you want more detail on how to correctly render
>> layers using various projections.
>>   72             point.transform(new
>> OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"), new
>> OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:900913"));
>>   73             var vectorLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("vector layer");
>>   74             map.addLayer(vectorLayer);
>>
>>
>> I want to display some type of credit, and I was wondering if anyone
>> else had similar issues.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Joe
>>
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