What layers r u using? If its google layers, u probably need to do a transform on your data.
mywktFormat = new OpenLayers.Format.WKT({ externalProjection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"), //projection your data is in internalProjection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:900913") //projection you map uses to display stuff }); And redraw is not needed on add, only on edit. -----Original Message----- From: lis...@00l.de [mailto:lis...@00l.de] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:24 AM To: Heidt, Christopher M.; o...@00l.de; users@openlayers.org Subject: Re: RE: [OpenLayers-Users] displaying dynamic real time data Thanks for your reply. but I must be missing something. Here is my code: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- var map; linestring1 = 'LINESTRING(10.5030879974365 52.2731513977051, ... ,10.4946889877319 52.2715492248535)'; linestring2 = 'LINESTRING(10.5044755935669 52.272144317627, ... ,10.5028915405273 52.273323059082)'; mywktFormat = new OpenLayers.Format.WKT({}); myfeatures = new Array(); function init() { // map initialisation, as well as adding some layers (OSM, google, etc.), centering... working fine layerVector = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Testing"); map.addLayer(layerVector); display(); } function display() { myfeatures.push(mywktFormat.read(linestring1)); layerVector.addFeatures(myfeatures); layerVector.redraw(); // not sure if necessary, but doesn't wor either way. window.setTimeout("display2()", 5000); } function display2() { myfeatures.push(mywktFormat.read(linestring2)); layerVector.addFeatures(myfeatures); layerVector.redraw(); // not sure if necessary, but doesn't wor either way. } ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- init() is called in the body's onload-event. The map is drawn correctly, no error is issued (firefox 3.0). The delayed function-call is happening (verified by adding some alert()), but nothing is drawn. If i center the map onto the features map.zoomToExtent(layerVector.getDataExtent()); it jumps to 0°,0°, so I guess no geometry could be read from the LS. Why??? Gerrit ----- Original Message ----- From: christopher.m.he...@saic.com To: o...@00l.de, users@openlayers.org Date: 15.06.2009 15:16:27 Subject: RE: [OpenLayers-Users] displaying dynamic real time data > featureLayer.addFeatures() is exactly what you are looking for. > > Var wktFormat = new OpenLayers.Format.WKT({}); Var Features = []; For > each linestring: > Features.push(wktFormat.read(linestring)); > End for each > featureLayer.addFeatures(Features) > > -----Original Message----- > From: users-boun...@openlayers.org > [mailto:users-boun...@openlayers.org] > On Behalf Of Gerrit Lammert > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 8:04 AM > To: users@openlayers.org > Subject: [OpenLayers-Users] displaying dynamic real time data > > > Hi there. > > I'm quite new working with openlayers. > I spent the last couple of days working on something and it is driving > me nuts. :) I want to visualize realtime data from a database as a > track. > To do this I am constantly (every 5 seconds) reading data from the DB > as LINESTRING(), and parse it using "OpenLayers.Layer.GML()" and "format: > OpenLayers.Format.WKT". > This does work, but what i do now is I remove the "old" layer and the > create a new layer with updated data the way described above. > This a) leads to a flicker and b) produces more overhead than necessary. > I would like to rather add new data to the existing layer gradually. > I tried to only retrieve data from the DB that changed after the last > request parse it as a feature and add it to the layer using > .addFeatures(), but I did not succeed. > Is there any example page that deals with this? I searched the web, > the OL-website and the OL-example-page without success. > Please help, > > Gerrit > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@openlayers.org > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users