[OpenLayers-Users] drawing an ellipse

[Mr. Puneet Kishor]

On Sep 28, 2011, at 10:09 PM, Michael wrote:

> I'm thinking you'll have to do what I did, which is copy the code that would ordinarily draw a circle and add the parameters you reference.
> 
> Then modify the algorithm to distort the circle along the lines you reference.
> 
> Of course, someone may know of how this has already been done, but this is pretty much what I had to do to make geographically correct circles (which end up looking sort of like ellipses)



Hmmm... I hope not. That sounds too kludgy. What I am hoping for is being able to draw SVG features using something like jquery.svg [http://keith-wood.name/svg.html]

svg.ellipse('', '', 75, 50, {transform: 
    'translate(300 220) rotate(-30)', 
fill: 'none', stroke: 'blue', strokeWidth: 10});



> 
> Michael
> 
> On 9/28/2011 8:05 PM, Mr. Puneet Kishor wrote:
>> Given a lng/lat, the semi-major-minor axes, and major axis rotation, I'd like to draw an ellipse on my map. What are my options?
>> 
>> Many thanks in advance,
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