> I would like to allow the user to click anywhere on the displayed track or 
> fairly near it, and a javascript function would be fired with the lat and 
> long passed to it of the corresponding point on the track (or if the click is 
> not quite on the track then the NEAREST corresponding point on the track).
If you absolutely have to do this in JS, then I suggest to see what 
support you can find in JSTS. Otherwise, it would be lot faster to do 
this with a servlet.

This is quite straightforward with wfs, but I have never played with 
your format.
> If it is possible, is there likely to be any confusion between this click and 
> a click-to-drag/pan the map?
I have a tool bar with different button to control what function a mouse 
click does. Ie one for zoom/pan, another for polygon select, another for 
point queries which is what this is. You enable/disable controls 
depending on mouse-click. You do need to extend UI beyond basic OL 
offerings but look at the examples.
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