[OpenLayers-Users] Formatting output text

[Joel Leininger]

Another perfect answer from this list. You guys are great. Thanks.

-J.

On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 19:27 +0200, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
> You could override the toString method of LonLat:
> 
> 
> OpenLayers.LonLat.prototype.toString = function() {
>     return ("N " + this.lat.toFixed() + ", E " + this.lon.toFixed());
> }
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Bart
> 
> -- 
> Bart van den Eijnden
> OSGIS - http://osgis.nl
> 
> On Aug 16, 2011, at 7:21 PM, Joel Leininger wrote:
> 
> > How do I go about reformatting the text output from a coordinate
> > variable?
> > 
> > In other words, I have output from a mouse position which has been
> > transformed into different coordinate systems, and then gets
> > displayed
> > on the screen.
> > 
> > It now looks something like this:
> > 
> > lon=414614.58552010887,lat=164066.82345258445
> > 
> > In reality, the values are x and y coords in feet or meters, not
> > lonlat
> > coords. I'd like them to look like this:
> > 
> > N 164066, E 414614
> > 
> > Note the truncation of the digits and switching of the x, y (which
> > is
> > customary in my field). Not being a JS expert, I can't figure out
> > how to
> > get at the variable to massage the format prior to display on the
> > screen.
> > 
> > Here's the code leading up to the display (inside of a mousemove
> > function):
> > 
> > mousepos = map.getLonLatFromViewPortPx(e);
> > var NAD83ft_values = mousepos.clone();   // done several times for
> > different coord translations
> > 
> > NAD83ft_values.transform(WGS84_google_mercator, NAD83ft_proj);
> > document.getElementById("NAD83feet").innerHTML = NAD83ft_values;
> > 
> > 
> > It's unpacking NAD83ft_values that has me thrown. Any help?
> > 
> > -J.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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