OpenLayers
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| Original author | MetaCarta |
|---|---|
| Developer | The OpenLayers Dev Team |
| Release | June 26, 2006 |
| Stable release | 10.11.0[1] / 4 October 2026 |
| Written in | JavaScript |
| Platform | Web browser |
| Type | Web mapping |
| License | FreeBSD |
| Website | openlayers.org |
| Repository | github.com/openlayers/openlayers |
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.[2]
Features#edit
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#edit
The library was originally based on the Prototype JavaScript Framework.
OpenLayers was created by MetaCarta after the O'Reilly Where 2.0 conference[3] of June 29–30, 2005,[4] and released as open source software before the Where 2.0 conference of June 13–14, 2006, by 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.[5]
Notes#edit
- ^ "Release 10.11.0". 4 October 2026. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- ^ "OpenLayers: Home". Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ^ "History – OpenLayers 2". Archived from the original on 2007-10-18.
- ^ "Conferences Header - ML Redesign".
- ^ "OpenLayers Achève sa Phase d'Incubation - OSGeo.org". Archived from the original on 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
External links#edit
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