diff -r 2f002657dada -r 6e4b586aa88a mapitem.h
--- a/mapitem.h	Tue May 26 11:24:51 2009 +0000
+++ b/mapitem.h	Wed Jun 03 20:37:17 2009 +0000
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 
 class MapItem: public XMLObj
 {
+public:
+	enum PositionMode {Unused,Absolute,Relative};
 protected:
-	enum PositionMode {Unused,Absolute,Relative};
 	QPointF pos;
 	PositionMode posMode;
 
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@
 	/*! Used to save absolute position while map is not in QGraphicsView */
 	virtual void setAbsPos(const QPointF&);	
 
+	/*! Tell object to use e.g. absolute positioning for mapcenter. 
+	    Defaulst is MapItem::Unused */
+	void setPositionMode (PositionMode mode);
+
 protected:
 	LinkableMapObj *lmo;
 public: