[OpenLayers-Users] Editable drawing panel draws not at tip of cursor

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 09:51:52AM +1000, Peter Dawn wrote:
> in the southern hemisphere the dot is away from the cursor, but in the
> northern hemisphere its closer to the cursor.
> 
> is changing to spherical mercator the only way, to fix the issue?

Yes.

(Modifying the OpenLayers code is, I guess, another optio, but there are
technical and performance reasons it is one the way it is, so I wouldn't
recommend it.)

-- Chris

> cheers,
> Pete.
> 
> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Christopher Schmidt
> <crschmidt at metacarta.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 03:03:44PM +1000, Peter Dawn wrote:
> >> hi guys,
> >>
> >> am working on a openlayer geoserver map application.
> >>
> >> now when i place the editable layer on my map, the drawing toolbar
> >> shows up fine. but when i put a dot on the map, the dot is away from
> >> my cursor. as i go north towards the border of the map, the dot gets
> >> closer to my cursor. same with the rest of the drawing tools. anyone
> >> know whats wrong here.
> >
> > Huh. I would expect the opposite, unless you're editing in the Southern
> > Hemisphere. I'm assuming youre using Google Maps, and not spherical
> > mercator, and running into:
> >  http://faq.openlayers.org/vector-related-questions/why-dont-my-vector-features-work-over-google-yahoo-virtual-earth-etc/
> >
> > But... maybe not. You'll need to provide more information:
> >
> >  http://docs.openlayers.org/help/minimize.html
> >
> > Regards,
> > --
> > Christopher Schmidt
> > MetaCarta
> >

-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta