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Mastering OpenLayers 3

By : Gábor Farkas
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Mastering OpenLayers 3

By: Gábor Farkas

Overview of this book

OpenLayers 3 allows you to create stunning web mapping and WebGIS applications. It uses modern, cutting edge browser technologies. It is written with Closure Library, enabling you to build browser-independent applications without painful debugging ceremonies, which even have some limited fallback options for older browsers. With this guide, you will be introduced to the world of advanced web mapping and WebGIS. First, you will be introduced to the advanced features and functionalities available in OpenLayers 3. Next, you will be taken through the key points of creating custom applications with OpenLayers 3. You will then learn how to create the web mapping application of yours (or your company's) dream with this open source, expense-free, yet very powerful library. We’ll also show you how to make amazing looking thematic maps and create great effects with canvas manipulation. By the end of this book, you will have a strong command of web mapping and will be well on your way to creating amazing applications using OpenLayers 3.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Mastering OpenLayers 3
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Setting attributes


As you must have wondered, setting attributes requires much more consideration than simply mapping them to an element. In this example, called ch04_setattributes, we will create a form with the existing attributes. In the form, the user will be able to change the attribute values, add new ones to the feature, and remove them. We will extend the previous example to achieve our goal.

Styling the form

Our form can have multiple possible layouts. A row with attributes will surely contain the attribute name, the attribute value, and a remove button. However, depending on the attribute's state, the name can be a span or a text input element. Besides the rows, the form will have the add and save buttons. As we will create a new div element for every row, we can create some simple CSS logic for these different cases:

.popup span {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 5%;
}
.popup span:first-child {
    float: left;
    width: 40%;
}
.popup input[type=text] {
    width: 50%;
   ...