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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=734075317-31102008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>if I add a right parenthesis at the end of your wkt string,
I can import it to OpenLayers with OpenLayers.Format.WKT. It's some area in
Richmond at Staples Mill Road.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=734075317-31102008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Arnd Wippermann</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Von:</B> users-bounces@openlayers.org
[mailto:users-bounces@openlayers.org] <B>Im Auftrag von
</B>Burgholzer,Robert<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Freitag, 31. Oktober 2008
16:51<BR><B>An:</B> users@openlayers.org<BR><B>Betreff:</B> [OpenLayers-Users]
setting WKT returned from postGIS in form fieldto openlayers
feature<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My application returns a WKT
representation of an element geometry in a hidden form field. I am trying
to take that geometry and push it into an openlayers feature layer, so that as
the user goes views different elements from the PG server, those features appear
in the foreground on the OL map.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have tried to implement some code
from the WKT example, but I am not having any luck. The feature fails to
draw, although I know it is there, because I have been using an alert() to show
me the contents of the WKT string. Thus, I am guessing that somehow my
format returned from PostGIS is incorrect. Here is the contents of my
hidden form field:</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P><PRE><SPAN class=attribute-value><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">MULTIPOLYGON(((-8623549.09290489 4522549.65191948,-8623596.86604756 4522931.83706085,-8623635.0845617 4523629.32494386,-8624131.92524548 4523591.10642972,-8624619.21130074 4523619.77031532,-8625488.68249736 4523610.21568679,-8626224.3888945 4523552.88791558,-8626319.93517984 4523552.88791558,-8626597.01940734 4523849.08140015,-8626721.22957829 4524040.17397083,-8627256.28877621 4523973.2915711,-8627390.05357569 4523954.18231403,-8627409.16283276 4523715.31660067,-8627447.38134689 4523581.55180119,-8627265.84340474 4523266.24905955,-8627208.51563353 4523103.82037447,-8626979.20454871 4522884.06391818,-8626616.12866441 4522759.85374724,-8626052.40558088 4522654.75283335,-8625555.5648971 4522444.5510056,-8625240.26215547 4522243.90380638,-8625058.72421331 4522463.66026267,-8624724.31221461 4522501.87877681,-8624514.11038686 4522406.33249147,-8624237.02615936 4522234.34917785,-8623959.94193187 4522234.34917785,-8623644.63919024 4522282.12232052,-8623549.09290489 4522549.65191948))</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></PRE>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any help would be most
appreciated,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">r.b.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Robert W.
Burgholzer</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Surface Water
Modeler</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Office of Water Supply and
Planning</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Virginia</SPAN></FONT><FONT
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Department</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> of
Environmental Quality</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="mailto:rwburgholzer@deq.virginia.gov">rwburgholzer@deq.virginia.gov</A></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">804-698-4405</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Open Source Modeling
Tools:</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
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