[OpenLayers-Users] Problem with markers

[Nick Whitelegg]

Hello everyone,

I'm developing Freemap (www.free-map.org.uk), a "mashup" site which allows 
users to annotate OpenStreetMap-based maps. I'm using OpenLayers 2.1/2.2 and 
getting some problems with markers which I didn't get when using earlier 
versions.

Firstly a problem with markers and OpenLayers 2.1. (2.2 doesn't work at all - 
see other email)

If you go to the main page at http://www.free-map.org.uk/npe/, you see a 
historical map of the UK overlaid with OSM footpath data plus Freemap's own 
annotations layer (the multi-coloured markers). 

However, if you move the map around, the markers layer isn't dynamically 
loaded as you move into new areas, or if you jump to another location using 
the search. For example, if you enter "Brockenhurst" in the search box, the 
map relocates to the village of Brockenhurst but a marker in the centre of 
the village does not appear. Instead, what happens is it reloads the markers 
from the default location (Fernhurst).  

Any ideas what might be wrong here? The code to fetch the XML representing the 
markers is in:

http://www.free-map.org.uk/javascript/freemaptile.js

with other JS code at: 

http://www.free-map.org.uk/javascript/freemaplayer.js
http://www.free-map.org.uk/javascript/main.js
http://www.free-map.org.uk/javascript/npe/init.js (entry point; sets up the 
layers)
										        

and the URL of the script serving the XML for the markers (takes a bbox) is:

http://www.free-map.org.uk/common/markers3.php

Any ideas what may be wrong here? Tested on Firefox; the application has 
issues with IE at the moment.

Thanks,
Nick