[OpenLayers-Users] Basic marker questions

[Alexandre Dube]

Hey Mike,

See below :

Mike Purvis wrote:
> My markers are effectively just little square and round tokens. Should 
> I render them using the SVG abilities of Layer.Vector, or should I use 
> a graphics program to make them as PNG icons?
It's up to you. Both are okay IMHO.


> I need to be able to rotate them—does that affect anything?
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/examples/styles-rotation.html


>
> Also, it seems like the coordinates of Layer.Vector are with respect 
> to latitude and longitude rather than the viewport—how would I make my 
> markers size the same independent of zoom level?
It's already the case, see in the same example above (try zooming, 
you'll see that the markers remain the same size).


>
> Finally, in my initial tests, it seems that the vector shapes 
> experience a lot of "drift" as I drag the map around. My application 
> requires that they be pretty precisely fixed—is there a way to crank 
> up the precision on this?
This shouldn't be the case, could it be related to this (wild guess):
http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#WhydontmyvectorfeaturesworkoverGoogleYahooVirtualEarthetc.

-- 
Alexandre Dubé
Mapgears
www.mapgears.com