OpenLayers cookbook : 60 recipes to create GIS web applications with the open source JavaScript library / Antonio Santiago Perez.

This cookbook follows a problem-solution approach to doing important tasks and is packed with examples accompanied by the necessary code and screenshots. If you are a GIS-related professional with some basic knowledge of web technologies and want to start or gain in-depth knowledge of creating web mapping applications, this book is written for you. The recipes are appropriately mixed to suit JavaScript newbies or experts and cover basic to advanced topics on OpenLayers.

OpenLayers Cookbook; OpenLayers Cookbook; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Downloading the example code; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. Web Mapping Basics; Introduction; Creating a simple full screen map; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Different ways to include OpenLayers; Getting ready.

How to do it ... How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Understanding base and non-base layers; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Avoiding the need of a base layer; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Playing with the map's options; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Managing map's stack layers; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Managing map's controls; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Moving around the map view; How to do it ...

How it works ... See also; Restricting the map extent; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; 2. Adding Raster Layers; Introduction; Using Google Maps imagery; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Using Bing imagery; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; See also; Adding WMS layer; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Wrapping the date line options; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; See also; Changing the zoom effect; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Changing the layer opacity.

How to do it ... How it works ... ; See also; Using WMS with single tile mode; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; See also; Buffering the layer data to improve the map navigation; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Creating an image layer; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; See also; Setting the tile size in WMS layers; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; 3. Working with Vector Layers; Introduction; Adding a GML layer; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; See also; Adding a KML layer; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also.

Creating features programmaticallyHow to do it ... ; How it works ... ; See also; Reading and creating features from a WKT; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; See also; Adding markers to the map; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Using point features as markers; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; See also; Working with popups; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; See also; Adding features from a WFS server; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Using the cluster strategy; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also.

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