Request - ImageLayer that acts as a groundOverlay

IanWatkins

Can we have a new layer type that will take an image and stretch-draw it onto a basemap?

I currently use: http://thunderheadxpler.blogspot.com/2009/02/ground-overlays-on-maps.html to draw images correctly on wkid:4326 Geographic maps just fine.

But as we move to more Web Mercator basemaps maybe it is time to have a layer that can do this correctly for web mercator base maps with geographic images without needing any backend services.

Many of my apps are used on closed networks and sometime totally deployed on a laptop, so no chance of having a backend to help.

Google had it in their Maps API for Flash and it worked well. You could take an image that was geographic and given the right parameters would draw it correctly on a web mercator map, including stretching the right amount depending on latitude throughout the image.

Cheers

Ian

stevemclaughlin

Yes, that's me, the problem is that the projections are way, way off, it looks like the bitmap is just laid on top of the map without any sort of projection, ie. for a full map image, the image should stretch more at the poles, but it appears not to.
If you want an example, I can create one if you want.  Thanks,
-steve