Missing Highest Zooms In Google Satellite/Hybrid

[CharlesHarrison]

This example ...

http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/google.html

... if set to Hybrid or Satellite and panned (or preset by editing the source) to my home in Reading, UK is missing the 6 highest zoom levels compared with those available either from ...

 http://maps.google.co.uk/

... or from Google's own API, for example this code ...

 http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/introduction.html#The_Hello_World_of_Google_Maps

... altering to a suitable long/lat, say (-0.9,51.4), and inserting ...

map.setMapType(G_HYBRID_MAP);

For comparison see ...

 http://www.macfh.co.uk/Test/Google-GoogleAPI.png  http://www.macfh.co.uk/Test/Google-OpenLayers.png

How can I get the maximum zoom in a Google layer?

[crschmidt]

The Google example has been updated with an example of setting different numZoomLevels on the different layers.

[CharlesHarrison]

Replying to crschmidt:

The Google example has been updated with an example of setting different numZoomLevels on the different layers.

Thanks, that's better, but still missing 2 maximum zooms, and increasing zoom count further doesn't find them.

[CharlesHarrison]

Further problem, not sure whether another manifestation of the same or unrelated:

In IE6/7: On Google maps, zooming in beyond locality's maximum zoom level breaks map zooming.

Example: Go to ...

 http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/AudioVisualTV/SatelliteTV/SatelliteCalculator.html

... and choose, UK Grid Reference, NC094225 (a place called Lochinver on the NW coast of Scotland). Blur the Grid Reference field (to set the field value and update the calculator), then press Google Map.

On the Google Map, choose Hybrid base layer, then click on the maximum zoom point (the actual maximum zoom at this locality is two levels less). The map is covered with "We are sorry ..." messages, and zooming breaks - neither the zoom controls nor the mousewheel do anything.

[CharlesHarrison]

Changing title as 6 is no longer correct - I think the 2 highest zoom levels are missing now.

[CharlesHarrison]

Closing as seems to be fixed in v2.9