VEMap.PixelToLatLong Method

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Converts a pixel (a point on the map) to a VELatLong Class object (latitude/longitude pair).

VEMap.PixelToLatLong(pixel);

Parameters

Parameter Description

pixel

A VEPixel Class object representing a pixel location on the map.

Return Value

A VELatLong Class object of the pixel point.

Remarks

This method may return null values when the map is in 3D mode.

To obtain the bounding area of a map in 3D mode, call the VEMap.GetMapView Method.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
   <head>
      <title></title>
      <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

      <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ecn.dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=6.3"></script>

      <script type="text/javascript">
         var map = null;
         var pixel = null;
         var clickEvent = null;
         
         function GetMap()
         {
            map = new VEMap('myMap');
            map.LoadMap();

            map.AttachEvent("onclick", PixelClick);
         }
         
         function PixelClick(e)
         {
            var x = e.mapX;
            var y = e.mapY;
            pixel = new VEPixel(x, y);
            var LL = map.PixelToLatLong(pixel);
            info.innerHTML = "Pixel X: " + x + " | Pixel Y: " + y + "<br /> LatLong: " + LL;
         }
      </script>
   </head>
   <body onload="GetMap();" style="font-family:Arial">
      <div id='myMap' style="position:relative; width:400px; height:400px;"></div>
      <div id="mapInfo">
      Click on the map to display information.<br />
      <span id="info"></span>
      </div>
   </body>
</html>