Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Authors -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Getting Started with OpenLayers -- Introducing OpenLayers -- Advantages of using OpenLayers -- What, technically, is OpenLayers? -- Client-side -- Library -- Anatomy of a web-mapping application -- Web map client -- Web map server -- Connecting to Google, Bing Maps, and other mapping APIs -- Layers in OpenLayers -- Understanding a layer -- The OpenLayers website -- Time for action - downloading OpenLayers -- Time for action - creating your first map -- Where to go for help -- API docs -- This book's website -- Mailing lists -- Other online resources -- OpenLayers issues -- IRC -- OpenLayers source code repository -- Getting live news from RSS and social networks -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Key Concepts in OpenLayers3 -- OpenLayers' key components -- It's all about the map -- Time for action: creating a map -- Time for action - using the JavaScript console -- Controlling the map's view -- Displaying map content -- Time for action - overlaying Information -- Interacting with the map -- Using interactions -- Controls -- OpenLayers' super classes -- Event management with the Observable class -- Working with events -- Key-Value Observing with the Object class -- Time for action - using bindTo -- Transforming values with bindTo -- More about KVO properties -- Working with collections -- Creating a collection -- Collection properties -- Collection events -- Collection methods -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Charting the Map Class -- Understanding the Map class -- Time for action - creating a map -- Map renderers -- The Canvas renderer -- The WebGL renderer -- The DOM renderer -- Time for action - rendering a masterpiece -- Map properties -- Time for for action - target practice -- Map methods -- Control methods.

Interaction methods -- Layer methods -- Overlay methods -- Map rendering methods -- Animation functions -- Time for action - creating animated maps -- Conversion methods -- Other methods -- Events -- Browser events -- Map events -- Render events -- Views -- The View Class -- View options -- Understanding resolution -- View KVO properties -- View methods -- Time for action - linking two views -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Interacting with Raster Data Source -- Introducing layers -- Layers in OpenLayers 3 -- The base layer -- Overlay layers -- Types of layers -- Common operations on layers -- Time for action - changing layer properties -- Tiled versus untiled layers -- Types of raster sources -- Defining a source -- A quick look at the history of API and tiles providers -- Map mashups -- OpenLayers and third-party APIs -- Tiled images' layers and their sources -- The OpenStreetMap layer -- Accessing your own OSM tiles -- Understanding OSM tiling -- OpenStreetMap source class properties -- The MapQuest layer -- MapQuest source class properties -- Stamen layers -- Time for action - creating a Stamen layer -- The Bing Maps layer -- Time for action - creating a Bing Maps layer -- The TileJSON layer -- TileJSON source class properties -- WMTS layers -- WMTS source class properties -- The DebugTileSource source -- TileDebugTile source class properties -- OpenLayers tiled WMS -- Tiled WMS source class properties -- OpenLayers Zoomify -- Time for action - creating tiles and adding Zoomify layer -- Image layers and their sources -- OpenLayers' image WMS layer -- Using Spherical Mercator raster data with other layers -- Time For action - playing with various sources and layers together -- OpenLayers image for MapGuide -- Inserting raw images using ImageStatic class -- Time For action - applying Zoomify sample knowledge to a single raw image -- Summary.

Chapter 5: Using Vector Layers -- Understanding the vector layer -- Features of the vector layer -- The vector layer is client side -- Performance considerations -- The difference between raster and vector -- Time for action - creating a vector layer -- How the vector layer works -- How the vector layer is rendered -- The vector layer class -- Creating a vector layer -- Vector layer methods -- Vector sources -- The vector source class -- The cluster source -- Time for action: using the cluster source -- The format sources -- What are formats? -- The StaticVector source -- The ServerVector source -- Time for action - creating a loader function -- Time for action: working with the TileVector source -- Time for action - a drag-and-drop viewer for vector files -- Features and geometries -- The Geometry class -- Coordinates -- Geometry methods -- Geometry subclasses -- The SimpleGeometry class and subclasses -- Time for action - geometries in action -- The Feature class -- Creating a feature -- The Feature class properties -- Feature methods -- Time for action - interacting with features -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Styling Vector Layers -- What are vector styles? -- What is a style function? -- Time for action - basic styling -- The style class -- Fill styles -- Stroke styles -- Image styles -- Time for action - using the icon style -- Have a go hero - using the circle style -- Text styles -- Multiple styles -- Time for action - using multiple styles -- Style functions -- Time for action - using properties to style features -- Interactive styles -- The feature overlays -- Time for action - creating interactive styles -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Wrapping Our Heads Around Projections -- Map projections -- Why on earth are projections used? -- Projection characteristics -- Area -- Scale -- Shape -- Other characteristics -- Types of projections -- EPSG codes.

Time for action - using different projection codes -- Latitude/longitude -- Latitude -- Longitude -- Time for action - determining coordinates -- OpenLayers projection class -- Creating a projection object -- Functions -- Transforming coordinates -- Time for action - coordinate transforms -- The Proj4js library -- Time for action - setting up Proj4js.org -- Proj4js custom projections -- Adding custom projections -- OpenLayers 3 custom projections use cases -- Time for action - reprojecting extent -- Using raster layers with projections -- Time for action - using custom projection with WMS sources -- Time for action - reprojecting geometries in vector layers -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Interacting with Your Map -- Selecting features with OpenLayers 3 -- Using, creating, and converting your own data -- Time for action - converting your local or national authorities data into web mapping formats -- Time for action - testing the use cases for ol.interaction.Select -- Time for action - more options with ol.interaction.Select -- Introducing methods to get information from your map -- Getting features information from your map vector layers -- Time for action - understanding forEachFeatureAtPixel method -- The getGetFeatureInfoUrl method - the alternative way of getting information from a map -- Basics of the WMS standard -- Using the getGetFeatureInfoUrl method to get information from your map -- Time for action - understanding getGetFeatureInfoUrl method -- Adding a pop-up on your map -- The ol.Overlay reference -- Time for action - introducing ol.Overlay with a static example -- Combining ol.Overlay with ol.Map features methods -- Time for action - using ol.Overlay dynamically with layers information -- Creating or updating content on your map -- Drawing features on map -- Time for action - using ol.interaction.Draw to share new information on the Web.

Time for action - using ol.interaction.Modify to update drawing -- Understanding interactions and their architecture -- The short story of interactions -- Inspecting the ol.interaction.defaults function -- Time for action - configuring default interactions -- A functional view for the nine default interactions -- Discovering the other interactions -- Time for action - using ol.interaction.DragRotateAndZoom -- Time for action - making rectangle export to GeoJSON with ol.interaction.DragBox -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Taking Control of Controls -- Introducing controls -- Using controls in OpenLayers -- Adding controls to your map -- Time for action - starting with the default controls -- Controls overview -- The ol.control.Control class -- Control options -- The ol.control.Attribution control -- Attribution options -- Time for action - changing the default attribution styles -- The ol.control.Zoom control -- Zoom options -- The ol.control.Rotate control -- Rotate options -- The ol.control.FullScreen control -- FullScreen options -- The ol.control.MousePosition control -- MousePosition options -- Time for action - finding your mouse position -- The ol.control.ScaleLine control -- ScaleLine options -- The ol.control.ZoomSlider control -- ZoomSlider options -- The ol.control.ZoomToExtent control -- Time for action - configuring ZoomToExtent and manipulate controls -- Creating a custom control -- Time for action - extending ol.control.Control to make your own control -- Summary -- Chapter 10: OpenLayers Goes Mobile -- Touch support in OpenLayers -- Using a web server -- Finding your IP address on Windows -- Finding your IP address on OSX -- Finding your IP address on Linux -- Testing your IP address -- Time for action - go mobile! -- The Geolocation class -- Limitations of the Geolocation class -- Using the Geolocation class.

Time for action - location, location, location.