Map projection in OpenLayers

Question

I want to overlay some data whose projection is WGS-84 on Google map layer in OpenLayers. But I just can't make them in the right place. I did as follows:

map = new OpenLayers.Map('map', {           
        numZoomLevels: 20,
        projection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:900913"),
        displayProjection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG: 4326")
        });
googlelayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Google("Google street", {sphericalMercator: true});
map.addLayer(googlelayer);
veclayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("vector", {
                                    projection: map.displayProjection
                                    };
var geojson_format = new OpenLayers.Format.GeoJSON();
veclayer.addFeatures(geojson_format.read(jsonData));

Though I have assigned veclayer in 4326 projection, but it is still interpreted as 900913, and the display coordination system is also 900913, though I set displayProjection to 4326. What mistake do I make?

Answer 1

Im a big fan of "preFeatureInsert"....

veclayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("vector", {
           projection: map.displayProjection,
           preFeatureInsert: function(feature) {
           feature.geometry.transform(projWGS84,proj900913);
           }
              }; 

Answer 2

You have a space after the colon. Projection("EPSG: 4326") should actually be Projection("EPSG:4326"), no space before 4326.

Answer 3

I think you may need to use proj4 http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ for reproject...

Answer 4

               map = new OpenLayers.Map('map',
                { numZoomLevels: 19,
                  units: 'm',
                  eventListeners: {"moveend": update_movend},
                  projection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:900913"),
                  displayProjection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326")

                });

        OpenLayers.Projection.addTransform("EPSG:4326", "EPSG:900913", OpenLayers.Layer.SphericalMercator.projectForward);
        OpenLayers.Projection.addTransform("EPSG:900913", "EPSG:4326", OpenLayers.Layer.SphericalMercator.projectInverse);


        var layerMapnik = new OpenLayers.Layer.OSM.Mapnik("Mapnik");
        var layerTah = new OpenLayers.Layer.OSM.Osmarender("Osmarender");

        var gphy = new OpenLayers.Layer.Google(
            "Google Physical",
            {
                type: google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN
            }
        );
//        gphy = map.projection;

        var gmap = new OpenLayers.Layer.Google(
            "Google Streets",
            {
                numZoomLevels: 20,
            }
        );
        //gmap = map.projection;

        layerMapnik.projection = map.projection;
        layerTah.projection = map.projection;

        vectors = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Vector Layer");

          var help_layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Waypoints", {
             projection: map.displayProjection,
             strategies: [new OpenLayers.Strategy.Fixed()],
         });

I posted my old code snippet. I remember that the clou is in the projections. addTransform should solve your problem. (proj4)

Answer 5

For Yahoo you can try these options:

baseLayerOptions:{
  sphericalMercator: true,
  maxExtent:new OpenLayers.Bounds(-20037508.34,-20037508.34,20037508.34,20037508.34)
}