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 Posted by frothpoker on 07/04/06 10:39 
> Umm...why are they not the same? 
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Cos he's got the latitude and longlitude and wants to convert that to 
xy coords. 
 
 
I am assuming that the lat/long is derived from a data source. 
 
You need to convert that into xy coords for your map. 
 
I would do this:- 
 
Determine the lat/long of top-left and bottom-right of the map 
Determine the width and height of the map in pixels 
 
work out the xy coords by calculating degrees east and south of the 
top-left corner.  If you need minutes and seconds, remember you are 
working in base 60!!! 
 
display the main map in a <DIV> 
 
Display the coordinate marker in another <DIV> and position it relative 
to the map DIV using and in-line style sheet; setting up the horizontal 
and vertical offsets using PHP.  If you are putting up more than one 
marker you may need to manage the layer order of the DIVs as well. 
 
This should display the map reference in the right place but you would 
not be able to right click and save image as, because it is actually 
two images.. 
 
frothpoker
 
  
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