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OpenLayers 3.x Cookbook - Second Edition

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  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. OpenLayers 3.x Cookbook Second Edition
  4. OpenLayers 3.x Cookbook Second Edition
  5. Credits
  6. About the Authors
  7. About the Reviewer
  8. www.PacktPub.com
  9. Preface
  10. What you need for this book
  11. Who this book is for
  12. Sections
  13. Conventions
  14. Reader feedback
  15. Customer support
  16. 1. Web Mapping Basics
  17. Creating a simple fullscreen map
  18. Playing with the map's options
  19. Managing the map's stack layers
  20. Managing the map's controls
  21. Moving around the map view
  22. Restricting the map's extent
  23. 2. Adding Raster Layers
  24. Using Bing imagery
  25. Using OpenStreetMap imagery
  26. Adding WMS layers
  27. Changing the zoom effect
  28. Changing layer opacity
  29. Buffering the layer data to improve map navigation
  30. Creating an image layer
  31. Setting the tile size in WMS layers
  32. 3. Working with Vector Layers
  33. Adding a GML layer
  34. Adding a KML layer
  35. Creating features programmatically
  36. Exporting features as GeoJSON
  37. Reading and creating features from a WKT
  38. Using point features as markers
  39. Removing or cloning features using overlays
  40. Zooming to the extent of a layer
  41. Adding text labels to geometry points
  42. Adding features from a WFS server
  43. Using the cluster strategy
  44. Reading features directly using AJAX
  45. Creating a heat map
  46. 4. Working with Events
  47. Creating a side-by-side map comparator
  48. Implementing a work-in-progress indicator for map layers
  49. Listening for the vector layer features' events
  50. Listening for mouse or touch events
  51. Using the keyboard to pan or zoom
  52. 5. Adding Controls
  53. Adding and removing controls
  54. Working with geolocation
  55. Placing controls outside the map
  56. Drawing features across multiple vector layers
  57. Modifying features
  58. Measuring distances and areas
  59. Getting feature information from a data source
  60. Getting information from a WMS server
  61. 6. Styling Features
  62. Styling layers
  63. Styling features based on geometry type
  64. Styling based on feature attributes
  65. Styling interaction render intents
  66. Styling clustered features
  67. 7. Beyond the Basics
  68. Working with projections
  69. Creating a custom control
  70. Selecting features by dragging out a selection area
  71. Transitioning between weather forecast imagery
  72. Using the custom OpenLayers library build
  73. Drawing in freehand mode
  74. Modifying layer appearance
  75. Adding features to the vector layer by dragging and dropping them
  76. Making use of map permalinks
  77. Index

Preface

Geographical awareness is an exciting and reassuring concept in general for many people. If a friend were to ask you where you live, you'd normally have a genuine desire to describe where. Better yet, you could show them where you live on a (digital) map. Not only is this exciting, but it's also often extremely relevant and useful to include spatial data in products or services to reveal exactly where something is. We live in a time where information is in abundance, and a lot of this information is susceptible to being represented geographically.

The ubiquity of the Web and the improvement in various browsers' performance has made it possible for the Web to become a major player in the GIS field. It can rival desktop applications because of its capabilities. Browsers now allow us to show data visualizations to the masses, create online data editors, and so on.

Nowadays, OpenLayers isn't without its competing libraries. However, with the new API (v3), it's better focused for mobile, and it remains a comprehensive mapping library to create any kind of web mapping application. In addition to offering a great set of components, such as maps, layers, or controls, OpenLayers also offers access to a great number of data sources using many different data formats and implements many standards from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) (http://www.opengeospatial.org).

What this book covers

Chapter 1, Web Mapping Basics, demonstrates how creating a simple full-screen map is made easy with OpenLayers. This chapter will take a look at some basic map options and controls that help a user get around the map and view different locations. You will gain an understanding of the basic concepts behind a web-based map.

Chapter 2, Adding Raster Layers, talks about integrating with external services for data and how mapping imagery is an integral part of any mapping application on the Web. You will learn how to utilize tiles and WMS mapping services from a variety of external providers and customize the URL requests being made to these third parties. You will also discover how to customize animation effects for map interactions and modify default layer properties, which include simple performance techniques to preload data.

Chapter 3, Working with Vector Layers, teaches you how to integrate detailed GIS data from external sources into your own map layers to build useful sets of information for users. You will learn how to create custom layers with performance strategies for high volumes of data, how to integrate with sources in a variety of different formats, how to package layer data for export, how to interact with features on these layers, and also some basic feature manipulation.

Chapter 4, Working with Events, explains how you need to know how to handle triggered events like in any other JavaScript Web application. You will learn how to create event handlers for a variety of different events that are sourced from map navigation, feature modifications, keyboard interaction, and more.

Chapter 5, Adding Controls, teaches you how to create capabilities for users to get on with their intended tasks around a customized mapping application. You will learn new ways to interact with the map and manipulate features on layers. You will also learn how to customize the mapping experience for your target users by adding helpful map controls to achieve known tasks.

Chapter 6, Styling Features, will help you create a personalized mapping application that can be fully customized to meet users' expectations. You will learn how to set static layer-wide styling rules, as well as dynamic styling that is based on geometry types or feature attributes. You will take advantage of styling features differently during specific user actions, such as on selection, when dragged, or while being drawn.

Chapter 7, Beyond the Basics, shows you how to take the foundational skills that you learned in the previous chapters to the next level by taking on new and advanced functionality to create full-featured mapping applications. You will learn what the canvas renderer is capable of, how to build a custom version of the library, how to create features in freehand mode directly on the map, and how to work with other projections.