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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

Summary


In this chapter, we learned how to style the appeal of our application with CSS and JavaScript styling methods, effectively. Take some friendly advice: in programming, there is rarely only one good solution. This rule greatly applies to CSS. It offers several methods to achieve one particular effect. If you learn to utilize most of its capabilities, you can easily create better a design than the simple ones described in this chapter (for example, with flexible boxes, filters, and other effects).

In the next chapter, we will learn how to manage layers. We will learn to dynamically add layers, remove layers, change their order, and draw them in a custom layer tree.