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OpenLayers OpenLayers: API for data Integration : API for data Integration
in an Open Source Map Browser in an Open Source Map Browser
harish_k@nrsc.gov.in
Dr. Harish Karnatak, Scientist, NRSC, ISRO Hyderabad
Outline Outline
Introduction
OpenLayers OpenLayers
Features, history, components
Code example
Software development features
Types and integration of data layers
Conclusion
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Examples
Remarks
Downloads are available:
http://openlayers.org/download/
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OpenLayers is a project of the Open Source
Geospatial Foundation (OsGeo)
What is What is OpenLayers OpenLayers? ?
Geospatial Foundation (OsGeo)
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What is What is OpenLayers OpenLayers??
An API for building web map applications
P e lient ide J S ipt Pure client-side JavaScript
AJAX
Web 2.0
Supports open standards
Supports closed standards, too
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BSD licensed
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History of the Project History of the Project
Started after Where 2.0 in 2005
Motivated by MetaCarta's business needs Motivated by MetaCarta s business needs
Went through several internal revisions
Final rewrite took only a month
Released before Where 2.0 in 2006
Latest release is 2.10
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History of the Project History of the Project
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Introduction: The Web 2.0 idea Introduction: The Web 2.0 idea
an emerging change in paradigm in what the World
Wide Web is and how it works -> decentralisation
Web as
platform
Participa-
tion
Content
syndication
Web
services
Conceptual
& social
..