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It is possible to define an offset for ol.style.Text instances (offsetX and offsetY properties) and define a custom anchor for ol.style.Icon instances. This functionality is not present neither in ol.style.Circle nor ol.style.RegularShape.

I need to draw my features as four shapes (triangles, circles, ...) with proper offsets so that they won't overlap and will be rendered completely.

E.g. x is the true coordinate of a feature and the four Os are four circles of different colors. Each represents a value of an attribute and I need to color them dynamically depending on the value.

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What is the best way to implement offsets? Is it possible to extend existing prototypes in some future-proof way? Or should I write my own style from scratch (I'd like to reuse as much of existing OL-3 code as possible)? Or is it better to use four ol.style.Icons with different anchors?

Peter Kovac
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The most future proof way would be to contribute this improvement to OpenLayers. It should be quite easy to implement - the anchor option could be exposes more or less the same way it is done in ol.style.Icon.

To get started with contributing to OpenLayers 3, I'd recommend to read https://github.com/openlayers/ol3/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md.

ahocevar
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