[OpenLayers-Users] Problem using containsPoint or intersects

Brian Walawender Brian.Walawender at noaa.gov
Mon Jan 26 13:13:41 EST 2009


Christopher,

That worked.  Thank you very much.

bw

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Schmidt [mailto:crschmidt at metacarta.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 12:11 PM
To: Brian Walawender
Cc: users at openlayers.org
Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] Problem using containsPoint or intersects

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:37:27AM -0600, Brian Walawender wrote:
>                         var warnPoly = new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(new
> OpenLayers.Geometry.Polygon([linearRing])); 
> 
>  var checkPoint  = new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(x, y); 
>                                 isIn = warnPoly.containsPoint(checkPoint);

> 
> Unfortunately I get an error stating that containsPoint is not a function.
> I've also tried intersects with no success either. 

Intersects (and containsPoint) are geometry methods, not feature
methods. Try warnPoly.geometry.intersects(checkPoint). 

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta




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