Extension:Maps/OpenLayers

OpenLayers examples
Since Maps is not enabled on this wiki, no examples can be shown here. You can find a list of OpenLayers examples here.

Layers
Parameter:

Notice: The values for this parameter and how they are handles have changes in 0.5.4. For older releases, see this version of this page.

Available values

 * - All available Bing Maps (formerly known as Virtual Earth) map types
 * - Bing streets
 * - Bing satellite
 * - Bing hybrid


 * - All available Yahoo! Maps map types
 * - Yahoo! streets
 * - Yahoo! satellite
 * - Yahoo! hybrid


 * - All available OpenStreetMap map types
 * - OSM arender
 * - OSM Mapnik
 * - OSM Cycle Map


 * - OpenLayers WMS
 * - NASA Global Mosaic

How it works
This parameter sets the available base layers of your OpenLayers map. You can add as many base layers as you want, by separating them with comma's. When you add a layer twice, only the first occurrence will be added. The,  ,   and   short cuts allow you to add all their associated layers without having to type them individually. You can configure the default layers (the ones that will be added when no value is provided) in the settings file. The first layer will be loaded at start-up.

Extra dependencies
Adding certain layers will make the OpenLayers map dependent on other mapping API's. Those are listed below:
 * All Google layers - require the Google Maps API. You must have a valid Google Maps API key entered for these layers to work!
 * All Yahoo! layers - require the Yahoo! Maps API. You must have a valid Yahoo! Maps API key entered for these layers to work!

Examples
This is a simple example with 3 layers.

layers=google-hybrid,nasa,bing-hybrid

This example demonstrates the usage of the bundle short-cuts.

layers=google-hybrid,nasa,yahoo,google

This will result in the following order of layers:

Google hybrid, NASA Global Mosaic, Yahoo! streets, Yahoo! satellite, Yahoo! hybrid, Google streets, Google satellite maps, Google physical maps

Google Maps layers
To be able to use Google Maps layers, you need to add the following lines to your LocalSettings file, after the inclusion of Maps, and any API keys. Check out the demo's for examples.

This will make these values available:


 * - All available Google Maps map types
 * - Google streets
 * - Google satellite
 * - Google hybrid
 * - Google physical

Defining your own layers
Since Maps 0.5.4, you can define your own layers. This is done by adding extra values to $egMapsOLAvailableLayers, $egMapsOLLayerGroups and $egMapsOLLayerDependencies in your LocalSettings file. See the demo's for several examples and a collection of already defined custom layers you can use. Please add your own layers there, so other people can also use them. They might even end up in Maps core if they are requested by multiple users.

In most cases, you'll just need to add a single line, setting a new value for egMapsOLAvailableLayers. This line can be obtained by looking at the source of the page containing a map that has the layer you also want to use. It'll contain an assignment, like for example

somevar = new OpenLayers.Layer.OSM("&Ouml;pnv Deutschland", "http://tile.xn--pnvkarte-m4a.de/tilegen/${z}/${x}/${y}.png", {numZoomLevels: 19,displayInLayerSwitcher:false,buffer:0});

You need this part from it (basically the thing that's being assigned, without the 'new' keyword and semicolon at the end)

OpenLayers.Layer.OSM("&Ouml;pnv Deutschland", "http://tile.xn--pnvkarte-m4a.de/tilegen/${z}/${x}/${y}.png", {numZoomLevels: 19,displayInLayerSwitcher:false,buffer:0})

Your layer definition in LocalSettings should then look similar to this, where 'german-layer' is the layer name you'll need to enter to get this layer on your map.

$egMapsOLAvailableLayers['german-layer'] = array('OpenLayers.Layer.OSM("Öpnv Deutschland", "http://tile.xn--pnvkarte-m4a.de/tilegen/${z}/${x}/${y}.png", {numZoomLevels: 19,buffer:0})');

As you can see, I removed displayInLayerSwitcher:false, which would prevent the layer from showing up in the layer switcher. You can of course retain this if it's the desired effect. Also note that you can change the name of the layer (as displayed in the layer switcher), by changing the value which is here "Öpnv Deutschland".

If you want to create more complex custom layers, and do not have the JS/PHP experience to figure out how yourself, or otherwise have problems creating your own custom layers, just give me a poke, and I'll help you out -- Jeroen De Dauw

Controls
Parameter:

Available values: See the OpenLayers docs (the items in the menu on the left).

This parameter sets the controls that will be added to your OpenLayers map. You can add as many of the controls you want, by separating them with comma's. You can also configure the default controls (the ones that will be added when no value is provided) in the settings file.

See the OpenLayers docs for a list of available controls and their descriptions. Note that the value of the controls parameter is case insensitive, so it doesn't matter if you use capitals or only lower case letters.

Since 0.4, Maps supports the 'autopanzoom' control. When you specify this control, Maps will automatically determine if panzoom, panzoombar, or no control should be used, depending on the maps height.

Example of how to use this parameter: controls=autopanzoom,scaleline,overviewmap,keyboarddefaults

OpenLayers layers
The default layers for OpenLayers. This value will only be used when the user does not provide one. See the layers parameter for the available values.

Default:

OpenLayers controls
The default controls for OpenLayers. This value will only be used when the user does not provide one. See the controls parameter for the available values.

Default:

Default map zoom
The default zoom of an OpenLayers map. This value will only be used when the user does not provide one.

Default:

Map name prefix
The OpenLayers map name prefix. It can not be identical to the one of another mapping service. Unless you know what you are doing, it's discouraged to modify this value.

Default:

OpenLayers usage examples
If you are using Maps and have a great example of OpenLayers functionality, feel free to link to it below.


 * BN's demo wiki