I should also mention my auto cutter script settings:

var HighestZoomLevel = 6;
var LowestZoomLevel = 1;
var OrgX = 1;
var OrgY = 1;
var OrgZoomLevel = 6;
var PixelWidth = 256;
var PixelHeight = 256;

The original image is 16384px x 16384px

On Dec 19, 5:04 pm, adameepoo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for taking a look.  I tried generating new tiles with a
> mercator projection and the map still does the same thing.  The last
> zoom level (6) is offset about half a tile to the top left.
>
> The source i used is 
> here:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Normal_Mercator_ma...
> The map is at the same place:http://dev.hwangonline.com/
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
> On Dec 19, 3:16 am, String <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > It's the tiles. An easy way to see this is with the Web Developer
> > toolbar in FF; select Outline > Custom Elements and enter "img", which
> > will draw lines around all images on the page - including GMaps tiles.
>
> > I would think that the root of your problem is that your source map
> > image is the wrong map projection - I can tell by looking at it that
> > it's equirectangular, while GMaps uses Mercator. The easiest place to
> > see this is in the shape of Greenland. In order to use this image with
> > the GMaps API, you'll need to reproject it, and that will require some
> > work. I do my reprojections manually in PHP; perhaps someone else on
> > the group can chime in if they know an easier, non-programming-based
> > approach.
>
> > HTH,
>
> > String
> > --
> > Sterling Udell
> > Author, Beginning Google Maps 
> > Mashupshttp://www.apress.com/book/view/9781430216209
>
> > On Dec 19, 6:08 am, adameepoo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > i have a custom map that can zoom from 2 - 6.  the map works perfectly
> > > until you zoom from level 5 to level 6, the map shifts up about half a
> > > tile
>
> > > im not sure if its the tiles, but they were cut with the mapki auto
> > > tile cutter photoshop script, which i've tried a few times now and
> > > always get the same results.
>
> > > i've tried searching the web and this group, but honestly dont even
> > > know what to call this problem or how to even describe it really.  if
> > > anybody has any thoughts or insight, it'd be greatly appreciated.
>
> > > the map is at:  http://dev.hwangonline.com/
>
> > > thanks
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