Bart,
Yes, it is. I am new to openlayers and I didn't realize that the latlong
actually returning my own coordinates until my client brought that to my
notice. A change in the function name would help a lot of other people and
thanks for that. 'll have a look at the examples for transforms.
Cheers,
Kalyan
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) <
bart...@osgis.nl> wrote:
> What you are getting is coordinates in your map's projection, so probably
> EPSG:900913. LonLat is a confusing term, it should be Location, which will
> be done in OL 3.0.
>
> If you want actual lat/lon values, you need to transform them. Check out
> examples/filter-strategy.js for an example on how to transform a LonLat.
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
> > Hello List ,
> >
> > I have my map defined as below
> >
> > *var map = new OpenLayers.Map('map', {*
> > * maxExtent: new OpenLayers.Bounds(-638480920.244,
> > -188017611.367, 665489491.580, 1019789790.73),*
> > * maxResolution: 10000000*
> > * });*
> >
> >
> > I am using a WMS service and the coordinate I am using is
> >
> > *crs=sw:nsw_trans_mercator_mm*
> >
> > Now, the problem is, I am getting a latlong value which is too far
> > different
> > from the actual latlong values. I used the available function*var lonlat
> =
> > this.map.getLonLatFromPixel(xyCoords) *whree xyCoords are the pixel
> > coordinates of my selection. The value it returned is *509754285.668 ,
> > 402136089.6815 . *I got these values when I placed a point around Sydney.
> > I
> > don't think these are the actual coordinates.
> >
> > Could some one tell me what's went wrong or what needs to be done to get
> > the
> > correct lat long information please.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kalyan
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