[OpenLayers-Users] edge panning

[Richard Greenwood]

Alexandre,

Thanks. I am aware of method but it's not quite what I am trying to
do. MapInfo (and probably other GIS software) has the "edge panning"
functionality that I am attempting to reproduce.

Best regards,
Rich


On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Alexandre Dube <adube at mapgears.com> wrote:
> Hi Rich,
>
>  "With any drawing control active, paning the map can still be achieved.
> Drag the map as usual for that." as mentioned and demonstrated in this
> [example].  It is a default behavior now.  Could that do the trick for you ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Alexandre
>
> [example] http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/draw-feature.html
>
>
>
> On 12-02-17 12:11 PM, Richard Greenwood wrote:
>>
>> I think this has come up a couple times but I don't know if anyone has
>> implemented it yet. I'd like develop a feature that would
>> automatically pan the map a fixed amount when the user is drawing and
>> "bumps" up against an edge of the map window. Has anyone already done
>> this? Is anyone interested in working with me on it? I'm thinking of a
>> method that would monitor mouse moves and when the mouse reached the
>> top, bottom, left or right pixel of the map window it would pan the
>> map south, north, east or west, respectively, by ~20%. This would
>> allow the use to draw features, or measure, beyond the extent of the
>> map that was initially visible when they started.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Rich
>>
>
>
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