[OpenLayers-Users] Different behavior of WFS layer in IE 7 and Firefox

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 11:57:22AM -0800, Yingqi Tang wrote:
> List,
> 
> I noticed a different behavior of a WFS layer between IE7 and Firefox. I
> basically added a point feature type WFS layer on a Google Maps base layer,
> and I didn't specify "featureClass" to OpenLayers.Feature.WFS, so I assume
> OpenLayers.Feature.Vector will be used. The problem is when I pan the map in
> Firefox the WFS layer is not moving as it should because the positions of
> point features on base layer changed after I pan. But if I tried the same
> thing in IE7 it just works perfect.
> 
> Does anyone have clue on why this is happening and is there any way to work
> around it?

Vectors can't be used over Google Maps unless Spherical Mercator is
being used.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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