[OpenLayers-Users] Setting the map center with a bounding box?

[Marc Jansen]

Hi Robert,

try

map.zoomToExtent( <OenLayers.Bounds> )

http://dev.openlayers.org/releases/OpenLayers-2.8/doc/apidocs/files/OpenLayers/Map-js.html#OpenLayers.Map.zoomToExtent

Regards,
Marc



Robert Hicks wrote:
> Hey all, is it possible to call OpenLayers.Map.setCenter(); but with a
> bounding box instead of a lat lon (point), or an equivalent
> functionality? The reason for this is I need my map to load based on
> the minimum bounding rectangle of a bunch of points. I didn't see
> anything in the api except for specifying a point, which won't work
> because I need the extent to be determined by the MBR.
>
>   


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