OpenLayers
From MapbenderWiki
OpenLayers makes it easy to put a dynamic map in any web page. It can display map tiles and markers loaded from any source. MetaCarta developed the initial version of OpenLayers and gave it to the public to further the use of geographic information of all kinds. OpenLayers is completely free, Open Source JavaScript, released under the BSD License.
Find out how OpenLayers integrates with Mapbender in a presentation given by the Mapbender development team at FOSSGIS 2010.
Example
This is what the most basic OpenLayers look like. It is an example of the MetaCarta service included in this Wiki as a simple iframe.
OpenLayers in Mapbender
- Mapbender can be used as a management back end for OpenLayers. A first prototype has been implemented during the Mapbender Development Sprint at the FOSSGIS 2008 in Freiburg, Germany.
- Example of OpenLayers Integration into the Mapbender back end server.
- For a good read on what tiled maps are good for refer to Typification of OpenLayers, Mapbender and MapFish.
- Mapbender Version 2.7 will include new modules that support OpenLayers.
