Hi all, Could someone please explain how to define the bounds of a map? I want to centre my map on Ireland when it initialises, but I am having trouble with the bounds arguments. As I understand it, the maxExtent of the globe is (-180,-90,180,90) A box around Ireland using the same coordinate system is (-13.5, 51.5, -4.5, 55.5) So shouldnt I be defining my map as: maxExtent: new OpenLayers.Bounds(-13.5,51.5,-4.5,55.5 ) ? This doesnt work, unsurprisingly. I found somewhere else the bounds of the world defined as: maxExtent: new OpenLayers.Bounds(-20037508, -20037508,20037508, 20037508.34) which works great, but it shows the entire globe, as I said, I want to focus on Ireland. What coordinate system is this? and how do I translate the area I want to map to this coordinate system?
The variable maxResolution also seems to vary from map to map, I am not sure what this should be set to. The documentation doesnt give any idea of the range of appropriate values. Thanks, Eoinyp. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Bounds-tp3685720p3685720.html Sent from the OpenLayers Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
