[OpenLayers-Users] SphericalMercator with Text layer

[Fred WaterWegWijzer]

Thanks!

Regards,
Fred van Beelen
BICT Netherlands


-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Christopher Schmidt [mailto:crschmidt at metacarta.com] 
Verzonden: donderdag 22 november 2007 15:07
Aan: Eric Lemoine
CC: Fred van Beelen; users at openlayers.org
Onderwerp: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] SphericalMercator with Text layer


On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 02:55:48PM +0100, Eric Lemoine wrote:
> On Nov 20, 2007 2:19 PM, Fred van Beelen <fred at waterwegwijzer.nl> 
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a map with Goolge baselayer and a few Text - and GML layers 
> > (OL 2.4). The same configuration I will be used in OL 2.5 setting 
> > Goolge layer SphericalMercator: true, units: 'm' etc. The defined 
> > markers in text layer have lon/lat degrees and not meters. How can I

> > do this properly?
> > - changing Text.js file, 'Parsdata' add:  location = 
> > OpenLayers.Layer.SphericalMercator.forwardMercator(parseFloat(coord.
> > ...e
> > tc.?
> > - changing source data in .txt files by replacing degrees in meters?
> > - or something else?
> 
> I'm not a text layer expert but using EPSG:900913 projected data in 
> your .txt file makes more sense to me.

Yep. In the future (2.6?) We'll support reprojecting your data for you
-- until then, projecting your data in the datasource will do it.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta