VirtualEarth Layer

• Class Definition: trunk/openlayers/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/VirtualEarth.js
• API Reference: http://openlayers.org/doc/reference.html#OpenLayers.Layer.VirtualEarth
• Family Tree:
  • OpenLayers.Layer.VirtualEarth
    • OpenLayers.Layer.FixedZoomLevels
    • OpenLayers.Layer.EventPane
      • OpenLayers.Layer
• Related Links: FrequentlyAskedQuestions#VirtualEarth,  VirtualEarth SDK,  VirtualEarth Map Control Class Reference,  MSDN VirtualEarth Developers Blog,  ViaVirtualEarth.com

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How To Include a VirtualEarth Layer in OpenLayers

For a working example of a Virtual Earth Layer in OpenLayers, see examples/ve.html, running live from the repository.

• Include VirtualEarth Script
  The first thing to do is to include the VirtualEarth library script on your HTML page, just before you include the OpenLayers.js script:

      <script src='http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/v3/mapcontrol.js'></script>
      <script src="http://www.openlayers.org/api/OpenLayers.js"></script>
  

• Create the Virtual Earth Layer
  Once you have correctly loaded the VirtualEarth script, you can create a new VirtualEarth Layer and add it to your Map.
  The code should look something like this:

      var map = new OpenLayers.Map("mapDiv"); 
      var veLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.VirtualEarth("VE");
      map.addLayer(veLayer);