Getting the coordinates of a click in OpenLayers Map
06
Apr
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<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Getting the coordinates of a click in OpenLayers Map</title>
<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.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(79.8333,6.9167),7);
map.events.register('click', map, handleMapClick);
}
function handleMapClick(evt)
{
var lonlat = map.getLonLatFromViewPortPx(evt.xy);
alert("latitude : " + lonlat.lat + ", longitude : " + latitude);
}
</script>
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<body onLoad="init()">
</body>
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1 Comment
Posted by Rajitha on April 6, 2013 in Geo Programming, JavaScript
Tags: openlayers
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