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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 mastered the heart of any web mapping, or WebGIS application, interactions, and controls. We learned how to make brand new interactions and controls, and how to modify or customize existing ones to our needs effectively. We also learned how to implement some very useful controls for a web mapping application. We didn't see directly how we can implement the attribute controls from the previous chapter; however, you are most certainly able to do it based on the other examples.

In the next chapter, we will learn how to customize the view and how to use multiple, or even custom projections, with OpenLayers 3. We will see how deeply Proj4JS is integrated into the library and how easily we can use its capabilities almost directly from OpenLayers 3, if we include it in our project. We will also play with extents, rotation values, and animations, just to mention a few.