OpenLayers Library Documentation

• Getting Started
  • Creating Your First Map
    • Crafting HTML
    • Creating the Map Viewer
    • Putting it All Together
  • Adding an Overlay WMS
  • Adding a Vector Marker to the Map
• Understanding OpenLayers Syntax
  • OpenLayers “Classes”
  • The options Argument
• Layers
  • Base Layers and Non-Base Layers
    • Base Layers
    • Non Base Layers
  • Raster Layers
    • Google
    • Image
    • KaMap
    • KaMapCache
    • MapGuide
    • MapServer
    • MultiMap
    • TMS
    • TileCache
    • VirtualEarth
    • WMS
    • WorldWind
    • Yahoo
  • Overlay Layers
    • Boxes
    • GML
    • GeoRSS
    • Markers
    • PointTrack
    • Text
    • Vector
    • WFS
  • Generic Subclasses
• Controls
  • Default Controls
  • Panels
    • Styling Panels
    • Controls to be used with Panels
    • Customizing an Existing Panel
  • Map Controls
    • ArgParser
    • Attribution
    • DragFeature
    • DragPan
    • DrawFeature
    • EditingToolbar
    • KeyboardDefaults
    • LayerSwitcher
    • Measure
    • ModifyFeature
      • Deprecation Warning
    • MousePosition
    • NavToolbar
    • Navigation
    • NavigationHistory
    • OverviewMap
    • PanPanel
    • PanZoom
    • PanZoomBar
    • Permalink
    • Scale
    • ScaleLine
    • SelectFeature
    • Snapping
    • Split
    • ZoomBox
    • ZoomPanel
  • Button Classes
    • Pan
    • ZoomIn
    • ZoomOut
    • ZoomToMaxExtent
  • Generic Base Classes
    • Button
    • Panel
  • Deprecated Controls
    • MouseDefaults
    • MouseToolbar
  • More documentation
    • OpenLayers.Control.Snapping
    • OpenLayers.Control.Split
• Formats
  • Built In Formats
    • KML
  • Creating Custom Formats
• Overlays
  • Overlay Basics
  • Vector Overlays
    • Interaction
    • Layer Types
  • Marker Overlays
    • Interaction
    • Layer Types
  • Transitioning from Text Layer or GeoRSS Layer to Vectors
    • Loading Data
      • Loading data with a GML Layer
    • Styling Data
    • Displaying Popups
• Styling
  • Style Classes
    • Attribute Replacement Syntax
    • StyleMap
  • Using Style Objects
  • Rule Based Styling
    • addUniqueValueRules
    • Custom Rules
  • Style Properties
• Mobile Browsing
  • Map Dragging
  • Pinch Zoom
  • Tap Panning
  • Mobile Browser Support
• Deploying (Shipping OpenLayers in your Application)
  • Single File Build
    • Building the Single File Build
  • Custom Build Profiles
  • Deploying Files
  • Minimizing Build Size
• Requesting Remote Data
  • Example usage
• Spherical Mercator
  • What is Spherical Mercator?
  • First Map
  • Working with Projected Coordinates
    • Reprojecting Points, Bounds
    • Reprojecting Geometries
  • Reprojecting Vector Data
  • Serializing Projected Data
    • Display Projection on Controls
  • Creating Spherical Mercator Raster Images
    • MapServer
    • GeoServer
    • Custom Tiles
    • SphericalMercator and EPSG aliases