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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0">
+    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
+    <title>OpenLayers Scale Dependent Labels</title>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../theme/default/style.css" type="text/css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css">
+    <script src="../lib/OpenLayers.js"></script>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <h1 id="title">Scale Dependent Labels Example</h1>
+    <div id="tags">
+        label, scale, stylemap
+    </div>
+    <p id="shortdesc">
+        Demonstrates how to use a StyleMap for displaying scale dependent labels.
+    </p>
+    <div id="map" class="smallmap"></div>
+    <div id="docs">
+        <p>
+            This example uses rule based styling to change the how features are
+            labeled at different scales.  An <code>OpenLayers.Rule</code> object
+            can have <code>minScaleDenominator</code> and 
+            <code>maxScaleDenominator</code> properties to control when the 
+            provided symbolizer should be used.
+        </p><p>
+            View the <a href="label-scale.js">source</a> to see how this is done.
+        </p>
+    </div>
+    <script src="label-scale.js"></script>
+  </body>
+</html>
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+// Create 50 random features, and give them a "type" attribute that
+// will be used for the label text.
+var features = new Array(50);
+for (var i=0; i<features.length; i++) {
+    features[i] = new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(
+        new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(
+            (360 * Math.random()) - 180, (180 * Math.random()) - 90
+        ), {
+            type: 5 + parseInt(5 * Math.random())
+        }
+    );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a style instance that is a collection of rules with symbolizers.
+ * Use a default symbolizer to extend symoblizers for all rules.
+ */
+var style = new OpenLayers.Style({
+    fillColor: "#ffcc66",
+    strokeColor: "#ff9933",
+    strokeWidth: 2,
+    label: "${type}",
+    fontColor: "#333333",
+    fontFamily: "sans-serif",
+    fontWeight: "bold"
+}, {
+    rules: [
+        new OpenLayers.Rule({
+            minScaleDenominator: 200000000,
+            symbolizer: {
+                pointRadius: 7,
+                fontSize: "9px"
+            }
+        }),
+        new OpenLayers.Rule({
+            maxScaleDenominator: 200000000,
+            minScaleDenominator: 100000000,
+            symbolizer: {
+                pointRadius: 10,
+                fontSize: "12px"
+            }
+        }),
+        new OpenLayers.Rule({
+            maxScaleDenominator: 100000000,
+            symbolizer: {
+                pointRadius: 13,
+                fontSize: "15px"
+            }
+        })
+    ]
+});
+
+// Create a vector layer and give it your style map.
+var points = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Points", {
+    styleMap: new OpenLayers.StyleMap(style)
+});
+points.addFeatures(features);
+
+var map = new OpenLayers.Map({
+    div: "map",
+    layers: [
+        new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS(
+            "OpenLayers WMS",
+            "http://vmap0.tiles.osgeo.org/wms/vmap0",
+            {layers: "basic"}
+        ),
+        points
+    ],
+    center: new OpenLayers.LonLat(0, 0),
+    zoom: 1
+});
+
