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I want to overlay WMS tiles on Google maps using the following scales 1:287 / 1:573 / 1:1146 / 1:2292 (layer preview in geoserver)

I set a bounding box and a centroid for a specific area to set the google map as base layer.

However as I zoom or move the mouse my overlayed tile moves along, losing focus (when panning tiles not in sync).

Is there a way to resolve this?

(i am using openlayers vs 2.1/geoserver 2.1.4)

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Even I had faced the same problem. I didn't find any solution, so I look forward to the responses on this answer. – Devdatta Tengshe Oct 15 '12 at 14:19

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In Short - No.

The new Google Maps v3 ToS require to use the API rather than the tiles directly. Thus, when you pan an OL map, there's a slight delay where the OL code has to pass a message to the Goog javascript API which then pans it's own map.

Whereas if we were using tiles directly, OL would pan the image tiles itself.

This is a known issue with no known legal workarounds. There are solutions out there that tap into the Google tiles directly, but I won't reference them.

We faced the same problem with the OL 2.12/Goog v3 combo with no resolution.

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Do you imply that resolving this issue may violate google's terms of use? – Nik Oct 16 '12 at 6:12
I don't imply. I'm stating that with certainty :) There are tickets in OL that provide the solution and then the OL admins rolled back those changes due to collision with Google's terms. – Vadim Oct 16 '12 at 16:24
I havent worked with microsoft or nokia api, is this an issue with their api as well ? If yes are you aware if any possible solutions violate their terms of use? – Nik Oct 16 '12 at 17:37
You can access Bing tiles directly (OL does that for you), but now you have to use Bing v7 and have an API key. I have no experience with OL + Nokia. – Vadim Oct 16 '12 at 17:41
There may be an obvious answer to this one, If I ask geoserver through openlayers to return KML instead of png images will resolve the problem? – Nik Oct 17 '12 at 16:54
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