This is a beginner's guide with the essential screenshots and clearly explained code, which also serves as a reference. This book is for anyone who has any interest in using maps on their website, from hobbyists to professional web developers. OpenLayers provides a powerful, but easy-to-use, pure JavaScript and HTML (no third-party plug-ins involved) toolkit to quickly make cross-browser web maps. A basic understanding of JavaScript will be helpful, but there is no prior knowledge required to use this book. If you've never worked with maps before, this book will introduce you to some common mapping topics and gently guide you through the OpenLayers library. If you're an experienced application developer, this book will also serve as a reference to the core components of OpenLayers.

About the Author
Erik Hazzard is a web developer - designer, Open Source advocate, and VI user. He loves to learn, teach, and occasionally blogs on his website at http://vasir.net. As a professional web developer of five years, Erik specializes in Python and Javascript, using open source software whenever possible. When he's not developing web applications, he's often developing or designing video games.


Book Information
ISBN 9781849514125
Author Erik Hazzard
Page Count 372
Imprint Packt Publishing Limited
Publisher Packt Publishing Limited