diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/EventPane.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/EventPane.js
index 382c4f06f9..c461ee33ba 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/EventPane.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/EventPane.js
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.EventPane = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer, {
                 if ( !(newCenter.equals(oldCenter)) || 
                      !(newZoom == oldZoom) ) {
 
+                    var center = this.getMapObjectLonLatFromOLLonLat(newCenter);
+
                     if (dragging && this.dragPanMapObject && 
                         this.smoothDragPan) {
                         var resolution = this.map.getResolution();
@@ -246,7 +248,6 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.EventPane = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer, {
                         var dY = (newCenter.lat - oldCenter.lat) / resolution;
                         this.dragPanMapObject(dX, dY);
                     } else {
-                        var center = this.getMapObjectLonLatFromOLLonLat(newCenter);
                         var zoom = this.getMapObjectZoomFromOLZoom(newZoom);
                         this.setMapObjectCenter(center, zoom, dragging);
                     }
@@ -281,18 +282,6 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.EventPane = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer, {
             var moPixel = this.getMapObjectPixelFromOLPixel(viewPortPx);
             var moLonLat = this.getMapObjectLonLatFromMapObjectPixel(moPixel);
             lonlat = this.getOLLonLatFromMapObjectLonLat(moLonLat);
-            var xrem = this.map.size.w % 2;
-            var yrem = this.map.size.h % 2;
-            if(xrem != 0 || yrem != 0) {
-                // odd sized viewport
-                var olPx = viewPortPx.add(xrem, yrem);
-                var moPx = this.getMapObjectPixelFromOLPixel(olPx);
-                var moLoc = this.getMapObjectLonLatFromMapObjectPixel(moPx);
-                var olLoc = this.getOLLonLatFromMapObjectLonLat(moLoc);
-                // adjust by half a pixel in odd dimension(s)
-                lonlat.lon += (olLoc.lon - lonlat.lon) / 2;
-                lonlat.lat += (olLoc.lat - lonlat.lat) / 2;
-            }
         }
         return lonlat;
     },