OpenLayers
{{short description|JavaScript library for displaying map data in web browsers}}
{{Infobox Software
| name = OpenLayers
| logo = Image:OpenLayers logo.svg
| screenshot = GeoServer GeoNetwork with web app.svg
| caption = OpenLayers can communicate through several protocols
| author = MetaCarta
| developer = The OpenLayers Dev Team
| released = {{Start date|2006|6|26}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348}}
| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| programming language = JavaScript
| operating system =
| platform = Web browser
| genre = Web mapping
| license = FreeBSD
| website = {{url|openlayers.org}}
}}
OpenLayers is a JavaScript library for displaying map data in web browsers as slippy maps. It provides an API for building rich web-based geographic applications similar to Google Maps and Bing Maps.
It is open-source, provided under the 2-clause BSD License.{{cite web | url=https://www.openlayers.org/ | title=OpenLayers: Home | access-date=7 December 2012}}
Features
OpenLayers supports GeoRSS, KML (Keyhole Markup Language), Geography Markup Language (GML), GeoJSON and map data from any source using OGC-standards as Web Map Service (WMS) or Web Feature Service (WFS).
History
The library was originally based on the Prototype JavaScript Framework.
OpenLayers was created by MetaCarta after the O'Reilly Where 2.0 conference{{cite web|url=http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018120601/http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/History|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-10-18|title=History – OpenLayers 2}} of June 29–30, 2005,{{cite web|url=http://conferences.oreillynet.com/archive.csp|title=Conferences Header - ML Redesign}} and released as open source software before the Where 2.0 conference of June 13–14, 2006, by [https://web.archive.org/web/20070813180053/http://labs.metacarta.com/ MetaCarta Labs]. Two other open-source mapping tools released by MetaCarta are FeatureServer and TileCache. Since November 2007, OpenLayers has been an Open Source Geospatial Foundation project.{{cite web|url=http://www.osgeo.org/node/462|title=OpenLayers Achève sa Phase d'Incubation - OSGeo.org|access-date=2008-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331064151/http://www.osgeo.org/node/462|archive-date=2009-03-31|url-status=dead}}
Notes
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External links
{{Commons category|OpenLayers}}
- {{Official website|openlayers.org}}
{{OpenStreetMap}}
Category:Geographical technology