Finding coordinates of a point in OpenLayers - gis

How can one get the coordinates of a particular point on a map in OpenLayers?

Handle click event on map Click handler. Here is one of many sample codes you can find in OpenLayers mailing list archives:
map.events.register('click', map, handleMapClick);
function handleMapClick(e)
{
var lonlat = map.getLonLatFromViewPortPx(e.xy);
// use lonlat
// If you are using OpenStreetMap (etc) tiles and want to convert back
// to gps coords add the following line :-
// lonlat.transform( map.projection,map.displayProjection);
// Longitude = lonlat.lon
// Latitude = lonlat.lat
}

<html>
<head>
<script src="http://openlayers.org/api/OpenLayers.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function init(){
map = new OpenLayers.Map('map');
base_layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "OpenLayers WMS",
"http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0", {layers: 'basic'} );
map.addLayer(base_layer);
map.zoomToMaxExtent();
map.events.register('click', map, handleMapClick);
}
function handleMapClick(evt)
{
var lonlat = map.getLonLatFromViewPortPx(evt.xy);
// use lonlat
alert(lonlat);
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="init()">
Hello Map.<br />
<div id="map"></div>
</body>
</html>
#mloskot Your answer is great you had a mistake with the evt variable.
Just added the html markup to make it a working page.

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How to add a url link for a region using google geo-chart api?

The given code bellow produces a simple region vice world map and render some data on mouse hover. API document shows a click even can be added but unfortunatly I dint find any document on it how can I add a url link for another web page to a particular region (country).
I short when I clicked on a region/country it should render associated page that holds detailed information provide by my data base application.
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
google.charts.load('current', {
'packages':['geochart'],
// Note: you will need to get a mapsApiKey for your project.
// See: https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/basic_load_libs#load-settings
'mapsApiKey': 'AIzaSyD-9tSrke72PouQMnMX-a7eZSW0jkFMBWY'
});
google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(drawRegionsMap);
var j = "{{ind}}".replace(/"/g,"\"")
function drawRegionsMap() {
var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([
['Country', 'Popularity'],
['Germany', 200],
['United States', 300],
['Brazil', 400],
['Pakistan', 500],
['France', 600],
['RU', 700],
]);
var options = {};
var chart = new google.visualization.GeoChart(document.getElementById('regions_div'));
chart.draw(data, options);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="regions_div" style="width: 1400px; height: 1200px;"></div>
</body>
</html>

canvas closePath on finger release on iPad

I'm trying to use canvas object on iPad; the user need to draw a free curve with the finger and when he releases the finger the system must close the curve and fill it.
Actually I wrote down the following code but the problem is that it draws but it does not close the path on finger release.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=768px, maximum-scale=1.0" />
<title>sketchpad</title>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
window.addEventListener('load',function(){
// get the canvas element and its context
var canvas = document.getElementById('sketchpad');
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
var img = new Image();
img.src = 'imp_02.jpg';
context.drawImage(img,0,0,600,600);
var colorPurple = "#cb3594";
context.strokeStyle=colorPurple;
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.fillStyle = "red";
// create a drawer which tracks touch movements
var drawer = {
isDrawing: false,
touchstart: function(coors){
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(coors.x, coors.y);
this.isDrawing = true;
},
touchmove: function(coors){
if (this.isDrawing) {
context.lineTo(coors.x, coors.y);
context.stroke();
}
},
touchend: function(coors){
if (this.isDrawing) {
context.touchmove(coors);
context.closePath();
this.isDrawing = false;
}
}
};
// create a function to pass touch events and coordinates to drawer
function draw(event){
// get the touch coordinates
var coors = {
x: event.targetTouches[0].pageX,
y: event.targetTouches[0].pageY
};
// pass the coordinates to the appropriate handler
drawer[event.type](coors);
}
// attach the touchstart, touchmove, touchend event listeners.
canvas.addEventListener('touchstart',draw, false);
canvas.addEventListener('touchmove',draw, false);
canvas.addEventListener('touchend',draw, false);
// prevent elastic scrolling
document.body.addEventListener('touchmove',function(event){
event.preventDefault();
},false); // end body.onTouchMove
},false); // end window.onLoad
</script>
<style type="text/css"><!--
body{margin:0;padding:0; font-family:Arial;}
#container{position:relative;}
#sketchpad{ border: 1px solid #000;}
--></style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<canvas id="sketchpad" width="766" height="944">
Sorry, your browser is not supported.
</canvas>
</div>
</body>
</html>
I don't understand what I missed.
Is there anyone who can help me..... I would appreciate a lot!!
You are fetching the touch end co-ordinates from a wrong array.
event object has one more array called changedTouches where you can find the co-ordinates of the point where the touch ended. These end co-ordinates are not in targetTouches array.
So you need
endCoordX = event.changedTouches[0].pageX;
endCoordY = event.changedTouches[0].pageY;
[modify the above code to fit into your scenario. hope you got the concept.... And seriuosly i too got stuck on the same point in the past and wasted more than an hour to know this fact....]

Custom Street View

I am trying to create a custom Google street view of a buildings interior. I have looked many places and I have seen the basic idea of how to do it.
I have been using this link
http://googlemaps.googlermania.com/google_maps_api_v3/en/custom_streetview/index.html
as well as other examples.
They seem to have very similar code but what they all seem to lack is how to set up the files.
If someone knows where I can find a working example I should be able to work my way backwards of if someone can offer me some detailed instructions, I would be very appreciative.
I have a VirtualBox running an Ubuntu server.
On the server I have an html file named street.html(code below).
I also have a folder named "lab_tiles," which contains "lab_test," which contains several jpegs with the naming pattern XX-YY_s1.jpg(i.e. 00-00_s1.jpg, 00-01_s1.jpg, 00-02_s1.jpg)
I have the following code for the html file.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Custom Street View panorama tiles</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<link href="/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/default.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp&sensor=false"></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
function code3_2() {
// Set StreetView provider.
var streetViewOptions = {
zoom: 1,
pano : "lab_test",
panoProvider: getCustomPanorama
};
// Create a StreetView object.
var streetViewDiv = document.getElementById('streetview_canvas1');
streetViewDiv.style.fontSize = "15px";
var streetView = new google.maps.StreetViewPanorama(streetViewDiv, streetViewOptions);
}
function getCustomPanoramaTileUrl(panoID, zoom, tileX, tileY) {
// Return a pano image given the panoID.
return "lab_tiles/" + panoID + '/' + tileX + '-' +tileY + '_s1.jpg';
}
function getCustomPanorama(panoID) {
var streetViewPanoramaData = {
links: [],
copyright: 'People at my job',
tiles: {
tileSize: new google.maps.Size(256, 256),
worldSize: new google.maps.Size(2048, 1024),
centerHeading: 0,
getTileUrl: getCustomPanoramaTileUrl
}
};
switch(panoID) {
case "lab_test":
streetViewPanoramaData["location"] = {
pano: 'lab_test',
description: "lab test",
latLng: new google.maps.LatLng(37.556429,-122.050745)
};
return streetViewPanoramaData;
}
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', code3_2);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map-canvas"></div>
</body>
</html>
Looking at the link you supplied it seems you can put your (tile)images anywhere you want. The function below is used to specify the location when retrieving them.
function getCustomPanoramaTileUrl(panoID, zoom, tileX, tileY) {
// Return a pano image given the panoID.
return "ardenwood_tiles/" + panoID + '/' + tileX + '-' +tileY + '_s1.jpg';
}
In this case the images will be in the folder named ardenwood_tiles/visitor_center/

geolocation in google map and HTML5

I am working on location based service. I couldn't find any clear answer related to my following queries and so am asking-
How to enable HTML5 geolocation in our own server? Or is there any central geolocation DB there which will provide location service by default (like DNS)?
I was stunned seeing the accuracy of geolocation in google map (http://html5demos.com/geo) in my laptop (obviously GPS free) which is within ~20M range. What is the technology? How to implement that in our own system?
When I used to search my IP location, it used to show the ISP office in the map which is ~15 KM further as opposed to recent situation where it is showing almost exact location. What might be the reason? could it be because I use my android phone using the same Wireles router and it takes the location from there? Or in HTML5 they started locating specific IP addresses (which seems somewhat unlikely).
You can find a lot of information on how this works and how to use it in your own websites in the excellent Dive Into HTML 5. This book recommends using Modernizr, a simple example of which is provided:
function get_location() {
if (Modernizr.geolocation) {
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(show_map);
} else {
// no native support; maybe try Gears?
}
}
The primary way it is working on your laptop is by using the known positions of local wireless
access points. This varies a little from browser to browser - firefox has a good explanation here. They use positioning services from Google, which were created by mapping done by Google's Street View cars.
function GetGeolocation() {
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(GetCoords, GetError);
}
now check the GetCords function
function GetCoords(position){
alert('latitude: '+ position.coords.latitude);
alert('longitude: '+ position.coords.longitude);
alert('accuracy: '+ position.coords.accuracy);
FindmeOnMap(position.coords.latitude, position.coords.longitude);
}
// Check for geolocation support
if (navigator.geolocation) {
// Use method getCurrentPosition to get coordinates
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function (position) {
// Access them accordingly
alert(position.coords.latitude + ", " + position.coords.longitude);
});
}
From
http://robertnyman.com/2010/03/15/geolocation-in-web-browsers-to-find-location-google-maps-examples/
It's actually pretty simple. The above example from Dive into HTML is incomplete, as it doesn't show the show_map function, which is a user-created function that actually reads the incoming data and does something with it. Here's a more complete example:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang = "en">
<head>
<title>location.html</title>
<meta charset = "UTF-8" />
<script type = "text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
function getLoc(){
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showMap);
} // end getLoc
function showMap(position){
var lat = position.coords.latitude;
var long = position.coords.longitude;
var linkUrl = "http://maps.google.com?q=" + lat + "," + long;
var mapLink = document.getElementById("mapLink");
mapLink.href = linkUrl;
var embedMap = document.getElementById("embedMap");
embedMap.src = linkUrl + "&z=16&output=embed";
} // end showMap
//]]>
</script>
</head>
<body onload = "getLoc()">
<h1>Geolocation Demo</h1>
<p>
<a id = "mapLink"
href = "http://maps.google.com">click for a map</a>
</p>
<iframe id = "embedMap"
width="800"
height="500"
frameborder="0"
scrolling="no"
marginheight="0"
marginwidth="0"
src= "">
</iframe><br />
</body>
</html>
This example (from my upcoming HTML5 book) has a getLoc() function called by the body onload mechanism. This uses the navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition() function to request a permission vector. It will pop up a permission dialog, which will be rejected if the user chooses not to share her current position. If the user does play along, the indicated callback function (in my case showMap) will be displayed.
The callback function automatically accepts a special position object as its only parameter. This object has a number of potentially useful attributes, but latitude and longitude are the most helpful. You can use these values to simply print out the current position. You can also concatenate these values into a Google maps URL to get a quick Google map of the current location. I also embedded a Google map into my current page, and changed the URL of the embedded (iframe) map to get immediate feedback.
Hope this helps!
Try This Code
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Geolocation</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
html, body, #map-canvas {
height: 100%;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px
}
</style>
<!--
Include the maps javascript with sensor=true because this code is using a
sensor (a GPS locator) to determine the user's location.
See: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/tutorial#Loading_the_Maps_API
-->
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp&sensor=true"></script>
<script>
// Note: This example requires that you consent to location sharing when
// prompted by your browser. If you see a blank space instead of the map, this
// is probably because you have denied permission for location sharing.
var map;
function initialize() {
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 6
};
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'),
mapOptions);
// Try HTML5 geolocation
if(navigator.geolocation) {
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) {
var pos = new google.maps.LatLng(position.coords.latitude,
position.coords.longitude);
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
map: map,
position: pos,
content: 'Location found using HTML5.'
});
map.setCenter(pos);
}, function() {
handleNoGeolocation(true);
});
} else {
// Browser doesn't support Geolocation
handleNoGeolocation(false);
}
}
function handleNoGeolocation(errorFlag) {
if (errorFlag) {
var content = 'Error: The Geolocation service failed.';
} else {
var content = 'Error: Your browser doesn\'t support geolocation.';
}
var options = {
map: map,
position: new google.maps.LatLng(60, 105),
content: content
};
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow(options);
map.setCenter(options.position);
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map-canvas"></div>
</body>
</html>

How do I display the location of the user on a Google Map in HTML5?

I'm trying to put a Google map in my page and make it so that when the page loads the map will display exactly the location of the user. In order to do so, I've taken the google maps API code and inserted it into my HTML5 page. At first the browser did ask for permission to share my location but it isn't actually showing this location on the map; I've tried with two or more combinations of functions but it is still not working.... please, I need help! If anyone can tell me what is wrong with the code please do:
<html lang="en" manifest="halma.manifest">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>helmas</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css2.css">
<script src="jquery-1.4.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&v=2&sensor=false&key=ABQIAAAAycdS3aS7dItIegOaJzT2RBT2yXp_ZAY8_ufC3CFXhHIE1NvwkxSiGkO1l1KdZvNzo-8b-o7M21o4UA"></script>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="excanvas.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<<body onload="loadMap()" onunload="GUnload()">
<article>
<div id="map" style="width:100%;height:800px;"></div>
<script>
if (navigator.geolocation) {
// try to get the users location
}
if (navigator.geolocation) {
var timeoutVal = 10 * 1000 * 1000;
navigator.geolocation.watchPosition(showPositionOnMap, errorMessage,
{ enableHighAccuracy: true, timeout: timeoutVal, maximumAge: 0 });
}
else {
alert("Geolocation is not supported by this browser");
}
var map = null;
function loadMap() {
map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
map.setCenter(new GLatLng(52.2021, 0.1346 ), 12); // (sets the map centre to Cambridge UK)
map.setUIToDefault();
}
function showPositionOnMap(position) {
var geoCoords = new GLatLng(position.coords.latitude, position.coords.longitude);
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(geoCoords));
}
function errorMessage(error) {
var errors = {
1: 'Permission denied',
2: 'Position unavailable',
3: 'Request timeout'
};
alert("Error: " + errors[error.code]);
}
</script>
Perhaps the sensor parameter in the maps invocation needs to be set to "true" - at the moment you have it set to "false". So your script tag should contain this url
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&v=2&sensor=true&key=ABQIAAAAycdS3aS7dItIegOaJzT2RBT2yXp_ZAY8_ufC3CFXhHIE1NvwkxSiGkO1l1KdZvNzo-8b-o7M21o4UA"></script>
For more info:
Google Maps Api sensor location