Re: JXMapViewer: is it possible to put components on top of it?

Yep. Read the section called "Waypoint Rollovers" in this article.
http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2007/11/13/mapping-mashups-with-jxmapviewer.html

It puts a JLabel over a waypoint. You can use the same technique.

- Josh

On Apr 29, 2008, at 7:25 PM, [jdnc-interest@masked-domain] wrote:

> Instead of using WayPoints and painters, I need to put Components  
> (JPanels) at given longitudes/latitudes.  Is there a way this can be  
> done with JXMapViewer?
>
> I was thinking that perhaps I could use a JLayeredPane and add the  
> JXMapViewer at a lower layer and my JPanels at a higher layer.  The  
> only problem that would need to be solved is how to transform  
> longitude/latitude into pixel positions.  I was hoping that I could  
> use JXMapViewer.convertGeoPositionToPoint() since the two layers  
> will be identical in size....but that method returns a Point2D -  
> will this be the pixel coords?
>
> Any info/suggestions would be appreciated.
> Tom
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