[Users] Add Bing Maps as baselayer

[Andreas Hocevar]

Fabien wrote:
> Hi,
> I developped a small application in GeoExt to compare baselayers - 
> Google vs Yahoo vs OSM : 
> http://geotribu.net/applications/baselayers/index.html
> I try to add the bing maps (as baselayer) in a mappanel, but without 
> success.
> I use the same method as for google layer but I always have my map in 
> blue with a little piece of yellow in the top left of the map.
>
> It seems that the same problem as following : 
> http://www.mapfish.org/pipermail/users/2009-August/001690.html
> But I haven't found any solutions to solve the problem.

I can confirm that this is the same problem. I think the reason is that 
Bing doesn't like to be resized in early stage of loading it's API, and 
the way a map is created in a GeoExt MapPanel (i.e. without an existing 
container) makes OpenLayers create a small map first (I guess that's the 
small yellow rectangle), which will be resized as soon as the container 
exists. We had similar issues with the Google Layer, but most of these 
were resolved in OpenLayers.

Having said that, there is no solution yet, and I am not aware of 
someone working on it.

Regards,
Andreas.

>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Fabien Goblet.
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