Instant OpenLayers starter : web mapping made simple and fast! / Alessio Di Lorenzo, Giovanni Allegri.

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Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewer; www.packtpub.com; packtlib.packtpub.com; Table of Contents; Instant OpenLayers Starter; So, what is OpenLayers?; Installation; Step 1 -- What do I need?; Step 2 -- Downloading OpenLayers; Step 3 -- Unpacking OpenLayers; Step 4 -- Serving the library; And that's it!; Quick start -- Creating your first web map; Step 1 -- Organizing your workspace; Step 2 -- Creating the HTML template; Step 3 -- Including the OpenLayers library; Step 4 -- Defining an initialization JavaScript function; Step 5 -- Creating the map

Top features you need to know aboutAdding an image overlay; Using Google Maps, OSM, and Bing as base layers; Using layers from OGC WMS services; Obtaining information about the mapped features from WMS servers; Using data from tile servers; Adding interaction controls; Adding a vector overlay; Creating a vector layer from GeoJSON data; Obtaining vector data from WFS and transforming coordinates with Proj4js; Adding a vector overlay from GeoRSS; Showing feature attributes in a pop up; Creating a thematic map; Using strategies and attribute replacement; People and places you should get to know

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks.A quick and simple Starter to working with the OpenLayers JavaScript library architecture, helping you become productive with it in a very short time.Instant OpenLayers Starter is a book for web designers or GIS specialists with a basic knowledge of JavaScript, for learning how to create simple, embedded, and basic maps, or to build complex data analysis and data management RIAs.

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