All good points. I didn't mean for my email to sound like a closed door... My initial reaction was just that it's not something we'd want in the core Pixel/Point object, but would make sense as a subclass.
Although maybe I'm wrong and it *would* be worth adding directly to Pixel/Point? I'm far from an expert on GIS matters, so please always second-guess me on things like this, I'm grateful for the feedback :-) Erik On 7/11/07, Stephen Woodbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erik, > > I can think of a few use cases that would fit OpenLayers for this feature: > > 1) photo with direction of camera indicated as Tom mentioned. > 2) GPS tracking, showing a vehicle symbol with the orientation of the > symbol aligned to the direction of travel > 3) animating a car driving over a route and keeping it oriented to the road > 4) Showing symbols for wind force and direction, these need to be > oriented with the direction of the wind and might be served via WFS. > Currently there are some mapserver users doing this in mapserver, but > they might want a more interactive model to work with. > > These are just few that come to mind off the top of my head, I'm sure > there are others, so don't discount this feature too fast. > > -Steve W. > > Erik Uzureau wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > > > The feature you're suggesting doesn't sounds like something that would > > fit the general use case for OpenLayers, but as you say in the end of > > your mail, it would be *very* simple to add that functionality by > > extending the Point class. > > > > Let us know if you need help doing that. > > > > Erik > > > > > > > > On 7/11/07, Tom (JDi Solutions) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> All, > >> > >> The docs appear to show that Geometry.Point ( > >> http://dev.openlayers.org/docs/OpenLayers/Geometry/Point.html) > >> only supports a basic x and y with no direction. I ask because we're going > >> to be implementing an image library which could include the location from > >> which the image was taken and also the direction the camera was facing (2d > >> only!) > >> > >> If this feature does not already exist is there any call for it? It's not > >> an urgent requirement for us but I guess it could be done fairly easily by > >> extending the Point class? > >> > >> regards, > >> > >> Tom > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
