scale points instruction..?

[ianwren]

I am having a hard time implementing the scale points behavior with openlayers plus and was wondering if there are any instructions for doing so? I am trying to scale points of a taxonomy based on node count but can't get anything to show up. If anyone could point me in the right direction I'd really appreciate it.

thanks a lot

[ianwren]

I figured this out, which was really obvious after the fact. You need to first set up a view for your map --> edit the "OpenLayers Data: Style options" and identify the 'attributes and styling'. Note the name of the field that you want to scale your points to. ---> Go to Open Layers behaviors at admin/build/openlayers/presets/your open layer/edit and enter the scalable field in the 'fields' field. For example, node_count, rather than ${node_count} - do not include the $ or brackets. That should do it, but post again if you have problems

[shortthefomo]

thanks fletch11 saved me a bunch of hrs there :)

[mbajur]

@FLETCH11: i know that this issue is quite old but i'm not able to figure out how to set OpenLayers+ scalepoints settings to make them work.

First of all, i've checked Cluster behavior and it works fine. When i'm turning OL+ Scalepoint behaviour ON, and setting it's preferences as you described (i'm not quite sure what does field you want to scale your points to mean but i'm using for example name field. It's listed in attributes and styling section.) but no matter how i'll fill those fields, markers are not visible on my map. I coul'd allways use OpenLayers++ module but i really need this Minimum weight point to label functionality.

Thanks in advance :)

[ianwren]

Not really sure what you're trying to do but it sounds like you're trying to cluster and scale the points at the same time, which I doubt is possible without some views magic.

[mbajur]

oh... i thought that the Scalepoints module can be used to change the clustered points size (the more points are clustered, the bigger point is). Can't it be ?

[ianwren]

I'm not sure. As far as I know, the scaling feature can only be used to reflect the data in a particular field or, for example, the number of nodes associated with a point, or the quantitative variable expressed in a field.