OpenLayers 3 Workshop

Welcome to the OpenLayers 3 Workshop. This workshop is designed to give you a comprehensive overview of OpenLayers as a web mapping solution. The exercises assume that you have gone through the setup steps to install dependencies and start the development server.

This workshop is presented as a set of modules. In each module the reader will perform a set of tasks designed to achieve a specific goal for that module. Each module builds upon lessons learned in previous modules and is designed to iteratively build up the reader’s knowledge base.

The following modules will be covered in this workshop:

Fundamentals

Basics

Learn how to add a map to a webpage with ol3.

Layers and sources

Learn about raster and vector layers.

Controls and interactions

Learn about using map controls.

Advanced Topics

Vector styling

Explore vector layers in depth.