Openlayers - LayerRedraw() / Feature rotation
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TLDR: I have an Openlayers map with a layer called 'track' I want to remove track and add track back in.
I have an image 'imageFeature' on a layer that rotates on load to the direction being set. I want it to update this rotation that is set in 'styleMap' on a layer called 'tracking'.
- I set the var 'stylemap' to apply the external image & rotation.
- The 'imageFeature' is added to the layer at the coords specified.
- 'imageFeature' is removed.
- 'imageFeature' is added again in its new location. Rotation is not applied..
As the 'styleMap' applies to the layer I think that I have to remove the layer and add it again rather than just the 'imageFeature'
Layer:
var tracking = new OpenLayers.Layer.GML("Tracking", "coordinates.json",
{ format: OpenLayers.Format.GeoJSON,
styleMap: styleMap
});
styleMap:
var styleMap = new OpenLayers.StyleMap({
fillOpacity: 1,
pointRadius: 10,
rotation: heading,
});
Now wrapped in a timed function the imageFeature:
map.layers[3].addFeatures(new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(
new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(longitude, latitude), {rotation: heading, type: parseInt(Math.random() * 3)}
));
Type refers to a lookup of 1 of 3 images.:
styleMap.addUniqueValueRules("default", "type", lookup);
var lookup = {
0: {externalGraphic: "Image1.png", rotation: heading},
1: {externalGraphic: "Image2.png", rotation: heading},
2: {externalGraphic: "Image3.png", rotation: heading}
}
I have tried the 'redraw()' function: but it returns "tracking is undefined" or "map.layers[2]" is undefined.
tracking.redraw(true);
map.layers[2].redraw(true);
Heading is a variable: from a JSON feed.
var heading = 13.542;
But so far can't get anything to work it will only rotate the image onload. The image will move in coordinates as it should though.
So what am I doing wrong with the redraw function or how can I get this image to rotate live?
Thanks in advance
-Ozaki
Add: I managed to get
map.layers[2].redraw(true);
to sucessfully redraw layer 2. But it still does not update the rotation. I am thinking because the stylemap is updating. But it runs through the style map every n sec, but no updates to rotation and the variable for heading is updating correctly if i put a watch on it in firebug.
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