[GIS] How to convert drawn vector feature from EPSG:900913 to EPSG:4326

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My script allows you to drawn shapes on an OpenLayers map, and then to get the WKT information from that shape, except the returned coordinates are in EPSG::900913 and I need them to be in lat/lon.

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You need to project (transform) the shape from EPSG:900913 (actually use the standard EPSG:3857) to EPSG:4326.

You can use the following code:

var gcs=new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326");
var webMercator=new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:3857");

/*I am assuming that you have a polygon in web mercator. You can do this for points and lines as well*/
var polygon_wgs84=poly.transform(webMercator, gcs);

//now you can convert the polygon to wkt
console.log(polygon_wgs84.toString(););
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