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OpenLayers

As explained in Building Distributed Applications that Work

OpenLayers is an open-source JavaScript library for displaying and interacting with maps in web applications.

OpenLayers is an open-source JavaScript library for building dynamic, interactive web maps. In an order-tracking interface, it provides the map display and tools for combining geographic data with map services. section 4.2

It supports:

  • Rendering vector layers containing points, lines, and polygons. section 4.2
  • Rendering raster layers such as georeferenced satellite imagery, terrain, and digitized maps. section 4.2
  • Working with tiles, vectors, images, and static maps. section 4.2

How Building Distributed Applications that Work covers it

How deep it goes
Describes mapping capabilities and data types without showing an implementation.
Examples
Uses points, lines, polygons, satellite imagery, terrain, digitized maps, tiles, and static maps as mapping data examples.
What you can do after
Understand its role and the kinds of geographic content it can display in a web map.
How it connects
Connects web mapping with geographic information systems, geographic data, map services, and SignalR-based order tracking.

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