diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/Graticule.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/Graticule.js
index 72162d46d5..142b4f3af1 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/Graticule.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/Graticule.js
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ OpenLayers.Control.Graticule = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Control, {
         for (var i=0; i<this.intervals.length; ++i) {
             llInterval = this.intervals[i];   //could do this for both x and y??
             var delta = llInterval/2;  
-            var p1 = mapCenterLL.offset(new OpenLayers.Pixel(-delta, -delta));  //test coords in EPSG:4326 space
-            var p2 = mapCenterLL.offset(new OpenLayers.Pixel( delta,  delta));
+            var p1 = mapCenterLL.offset({x: -delta, y: -delta});  //test coords in EPSG:4326 space
+            var p2 = mapCenterLL.offset({x: delta, y: delta});
             OpenLayers.Projection.transform(p1, llProj, mapProj); // convert them back to map projection
             OpenLayers.Projection.transform(p2, llProj, mapProj);
             var distSq = (p1.x-p2.x)*(p1.x-p2.x) + (p1.y-p2.y)*(p1.y-p2.y);
@@ -261,13 +261,13 @@ OpenLayers.Control.Graticule = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Control, {
         var newPoint = mapCenterLL.clone();
         var mapXY;
         do {
-            newPoint = newPoint.offset(new OpenLayers.Pixel(0,llInterval));
+            newPoint = newPoint.offset({x: 0, y: llInterval});
             mapXY = OpenLayers.Projection.transform(newPoint.clone(), llProj, mapProj);
             centerLonPoints.unshift(newPoint);
         } while (mapBounds.containsPixel(mapXY) && ++iter<1000);
         newPoint = mapCenterLL.clone();
         do {          
-            newPoint = newPoint.offset(new OpenLayers.Pixel(0,-llInterval));
+            newPoint = newPoint.offset({x: 0, y: -llInterval});
             mapXY = OpenLayers.Projection.transform(newPoint.clone(), llProj, mapProj);
             centerLonPoints.push(newPoint);
         } while (mapBounds.containsPixel(mapXY) && ++iter<1000);
@@ -277,13 +277,13 @@ OpenLayers.Control.Graticule = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Control, {
         var centerLatPoints = [mapCenterLL.clone()];
         newPoint = mapCenterLL.clone();
         do {
-            newPoint = newPoint.offset(new OpenLayers.Pixel(-llInterval, 0));
+            newPoint = newPoint.offset({x: -llInterval, y: 0});
             mapXY = OpenLayers.Projection.transform(newPoint.clone(), llProj, mapProj);
             centerLatPoints.unshift(newPoint);
         } while (mapBounds.containsPixel(mapXY) && ++iter<1000);
         newPoint = mapCenterLL.clone();
         do {          
-            newPoint = newPoint.offset(new OpenLayers.Pixel(llInterval, 0));
+            newPoint = newPoint.offset({x: llInterval, y: 0});
             mapXY = OpenLayers.Projection.transform(newPoint.clone(), llProj, mapProj);
             centerLatPoints.push(newPoint);
         } while (mapBounds.containsPixel(mapXY) && ++iter<1000);