Add Invisible Markers Layer

[anonymous]

this would make it easier for users to add markers to a map (without having to create a specific markers layer)

[openlayers]

What does "invisible" mean here? The marker or the layer?

If the answer is "marker", this is not necessary. Just use normal markers and blank.gif as your marker image.

[crschmidt]

Well, it means two things:

• Not displaying in layer switcher. (This is now possible via displayInLayerSwitcher: false)
• Adding a layer by default to the map, so that you could always do map.addMarker(), a la Google Maps.

However, I'm less convinced this is important now -- to the extent that I actually think doing this would be a mistake. Adding one extra line of code is simply not causing users any difficulty.

[euzuro]

hey now! can we maybe get a little consensus before closing a ticket? Im not entirely convinced either way, but I still think this is something worth looking into...

[crschmidt]

Erik hadn't realized that I had opened this ticket originally when he complained about consensus :) I still think this doesn't make sense. Closing for real this time.