Custom styles for Google Maps in OpenLayers
Recently, @simo has posted an elegant solution for defining custom styles for Google Maps layers in OpenLayers on gis.stackexchange. An example with source can be found at http://www.empreinte-urbaine.eu/mapping/styled_gmap.html. The idea seems to be to use a StyledMapType:
The StyledMapType allows you to customize the presentation of the standard Google base maps, changing the visual display of such elements as roads, parks, and built-up areas to reflect a different style than that used in the default map type.
How great would it be if it was possible to define such styles in QGIS OpenLayers plugin too!
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