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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

Creating thematic layers


In this example, called ch04_thematic, we will create an automatic solution for thematic mapping. It will include graduated and categorized symbology. To keep the example as simple as possible, we will make some generally incorrect assumptions. Firstly, we assume that we only have to style polygon layers. For graduated symbology, we hard code the intervals to five and also the color ramp starting from a beige tone and ending in a burgundy color. We will implement the whole code into our layer tree.

Extending the layer tree

We create the required GUI options in the layer tree. Firstly, we check against the origin of the layer. If it is a vector layer, we create an empty list and three buttons for the different styling options. Then, we save the default style in the layer, as it will enable us to restore the original styling. Finally, we register an event listener to the layer object. If the headers are changed, we rebuild the attribute list in the layer tree:

this.createRegistry...