[OpenLayers-Users] Vector Feature Label and Geometry.getCentroid()

[B. Heath Robinson]

That worked!  

Unfortunately, I don't have that great of control over how my data gets serialized to JSON, so it is all or nothing on the decimals because of floating point arithmetic.

Should OpenLayers do this for me or report an error or warning or something?  

Is there a way to insert a little code on a Vector layer where I can do this on the client?

On Jun 24, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Pierre Giraud wrote:

> Actually, this is not really an OpenLayers' bug.
> The precision of your data is too large. You have micrometer precision
> coordinates. You will not be able to compute the centroid with so much
> digits with precision.
> If possible, you should round the coordinates a bit before you use
> them in OpenLayers.
> 
> Regards,
> Pierre
> 
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Pierre Giraud
> <pierre.giraud at camptocamp.com> wrote:
>> You seem to be right. getCentroid isn't correct for the example you're
>> giving and it has apparently nothing to do with the fact that it's a
>> "multiple" geometry.
>> Good catch.
>> 
>> My first investigation showed me that the decimals are the problem. If
>> I remove them I've something better.
>> The following code samples can be tested in the spherical-mercator.html example.
>> 
>> Wrong:
>> var format = new OpenLayers.Format.WKT();
>> var feature = format.read('MULTIPOLYGON(((-10842755.069337
>> 3645931.096789,-10842790.775979 3645953.496622,-10842740.232706
>> 3645955.23634,-10842755.069337 3645931.096789)))');
>> var layer = map.getLayersByName('Editable Vectors')[0];
>> layer.addFeatures([feature]);
>> map.zoomToExtent(layer.getDataExtent());
>> layer.addFeatures(new
>> OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(feature.geometry.getCentroid()));
>> 
>> Correct:
>> var format = new OpenLayers.Format.WKT();
>> var feature = format.read('MULTIPOLYGON(((-10842755 3645931,-10842790
>> 3645953,-10842740 3645955,-10842755 3645931)))');
>> var layer = map.getLayersByName('Editable Vectors')[0];
>> layer.addFeatures([feature]);
>> map.zoomToExtent(layer.getDataExtent());
>> layer.addFeatures(new
>> OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(feature.geometry.getCentroid()));
>> 
>> Pierre
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 12:16 AM, B. Heath Robinson
>> <heath at midnighthour.org> wrote:
>>> I am using a vector layer with text features on Polygon geometries.
>>>  Relatively often the text label is drawn pretty far off the center of the
>>> polygon.  My polygon is basically a rectangle with a rounded corner.  Below
>>> is the WKT of it.  When I do a getCentroid in OpenLayers it is different
>>> than if I do it in PostGIS.  I think if the label was drawn at the PostGIS
>>> centroid it would be right.  My site allows measurement, so I also tried
>>> getting the centroid of a geometry I traced with the rubberband tool.  It
>>> also returned a Centroid more like I expected.
>>> Many of the labels also appear to be correct.  Am I missing something?  Does
>>> it have to do with the geometry being Multipolygon?  Any insight would be
>>> appreciated.
>>> Geometry
>>> MULTIPOLYGON(((-10842755.069337 3645931.096789,-10842790.775979
>>> 3645953.496622,-10842772.182218 3645984.113569,-10842743.492303
>>> 3645965.972283,-10842742.28656 3645964.787145,-10842741.293463
>>> 3645963.414273,-10842740.538336 3645961.898144,-10842740.044376
>>> 3645960.275967,-10842739.827709 3645958.592826,-10842739.889943
>>> 3645956.896071,-10842740.232706 3645955.23634,-10842740.843507
>>> 3645953.655201,-10842755.069337 3645931.096789)))
>>> OpenLayers Centroid:
>>> 
>>> id: "OpenLayers.Geometry.Point_492"
>>> x: -10842792.853788493
>>> y: 3645967.2444699085
>>> 
>>> PostGIS Centroid
>>> "POINT(-10842763.8558177 3645957.49366021)"
>>> 
>>> Rubberband Tool Geometry:
>>> POLYGON((-10842772.247212 3645983.9949693,-10842790.759305
>>> 3645953.5395909,-10842754.929448 3645931.1459303,-10842740.597505
>>> 3645955.0325016,-10842739.701759 3645957.7197409,-10842739.701759
>>> 3645961.3027266,-10842740.298923 3645962.7956373,-10842743.284744
>>> 3645965.7814587,-10842745.374819 3645967.2743694,-10842772.247212
>>> 3645983.9949693))
>>> Rubberband Tool Centroid:
>>> 
>>> id: "OpenLayers.Geometry.Point_689"
>>> x: -10842779.12432854
>>> y: 3645962.747894722
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Pierre GIRAUD
>> Géomaticien, Analyste
>> 
>> Camptocamp France SAS
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>> 
>> Tel : 00 33 4 79 44 44 93
>> Mail : pierre.giraud at camptocamp.com
>> http://www.camptocamp.com
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Pierre GIRAUD
> Géomaticien, Analyste
> 
> Camptocamp France SAS
> Savoie Technolac, BP 352
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