I'm using PHP to create the image. So, I'm guessing I'll be using the
GD Library in order to draw on the image.
Oh, that's good. As you point out, if you can convert from map coords to
pixels you may have what you need.
Then the trick will be to translate from the coordinate system from
the map to the image. Is this a matter of using the lat/lon info of
the Vector features compared to a lat/lon from the map that represents
the origin? Or does OpenLayers provide coordinate properties for the
features that can be used for this purpose?
Not directly, but it's easy to derive: Vector features have a Geometry,
and Geometry objects have getVertices(), and Map has getPixelFromLonLat()
The "location" of getVertices() varies depending on whether you're doing
lines or polygons or multipolygons, and is irrelevant if you're doing
Point geometries, so you may need a switch around the geometry type.
But, here's some pseudocode outlining the basic idea:
for (var f=layer.features) {
geom = feature[f].geometry;
switch (geom.CLASS_NAME) {
case OpenLayers.Geometry.Point
p = map.getPixelFromLonLat(v.x,v.y);
case OpenLayers.Geometry.LineString
for (var v=geom.getVertices() ) {
p = map.getPixelFromLonLat(v.x,v.y);
}
case OpenLayers.Geometry.Polygon
for (var ring = geom.components) {
for (var v=ring.getVertices() ) {
p = map.getPixelFromLonLat(v.x,v.y);
}
}
} // end of geom type switch
} // end of feature loop
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