Understand the main concepts about maps, layers, controls, protocols, events etc
Learn about the important tile providers and WMS servers
Packed with code examples and screenshots for practical, easy learning
OpenLayers Cookbook
Data visualization and analysis has become an important task for many companies. Understanding the basic concepts of GIS and knowing how to visualize data on a map is a required ability for many professionals today. OpenLayers is a JavaScript library to load, display, and render maps from multiple sources on web pages.
OpenLayers Cookbook teaches how to work with OpenLayers, one of the most important and complete open source JavaScript libraries. Through an extensive set of recipes, this book shows how to work with the main concepts required to build a GIS web application maps, raster and vector layers, styling, theming, and so on.
OpenLayers Cookbook includes problem solving and how-to recipes for the most common and important tasks. A wide range of topics are covered. Download eBook Free »
Create, optimize, and deploy stunning cross-browser web maps with the OpenLayers JavaScript web mapping library
Learn how to use OpenLayers through explanation and example
Create dynamic web map mashups using Google Maps and other third-party APIs
Customize your map’s functionality and appearance
Deploy your maps and improve page loading times
A practical beginner’s guide, which also serves as a reference with the necessary screenshots and exhaustive code explanations
In Detail
Web mapping is the process of designing, implementing, generating, and delivering maps on the World Wide Web and its products. OpenLayers is a powerful, community driven, open source, pure JavaScript web mapping library. With it, you can easily create your own web map mashup using WMS, Google Maps, and a myriad of other map backends. Interested in knowing more about OpenLayers? This book is going to help you learn OpenLayers from scratch.
OpenLayers 2.10 Beginner’s Guide will walk you through the OpenLayers library in the easiest and most efficient way possible. The core components of OpenLayers are covered in detail, with examples, structured so that you can easily refer back to them later.
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