Eric, The transform function indeed seemed to work. My Point now is listed in decimal lat/lon. I though that would solve my problem but it looks like something else is not working. When I use that new transformed Point to add an icon to the map, the icon gets added to the 0,0 location regardless of that the Point's lat/long value is. It seems like the internal API code is having problems dealing with the transformed value and doesn't know how to place it on the map using a lat/lon, so it simply places it at 0,0.
------------------------------- var lonlat = map.getLonLatFromViewPortPx(e.xy); var point = new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(lonlat.lon, lonlat.lat); point.transform( new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:900913"), new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326") ); var iconSize = new OpenLayers.Size(16, 16); var iconURL = MY_ICON; var iconOffset = new OpenLayers.Pixel(8,8); var marker = new OpenLayers.Marker( new OpenLayers.LonLat(point.x, point.y), new OpenLayers.Icon(iconURL,iconSize,iconOffset)); getMarkersLayer().addMarker(marker); -------------------------------- The same also happens if I created a OpenLayers.Feature.Vector type of point. So, while the transform function allowed me to get the location as a decimal lat/lon, it doesn't appear that I can use that value to add a map icon to that location. Is there some additional transformation that needs to occur. It would seem that this would be a common thing to do. Any new thoughts as to what I am missing? Thanks as always - Peter -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/OpenLayers-with-Google-Maps-how-to-obtain-degree-lat-long-tp4016339p4021195.html Sent from the OpenLayers Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users