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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.

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Software.author
MetaCarta
Software.developer
The OpenLayers Dev Team
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OpenLayers can communicate through several protocols
Software.name
OpenLayers
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Image:OpenLayers logo.svg
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GeoServer GeoNetwork with web app.svg
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JavaScript
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Web browser
Software.genre
Web mapping
Software.license
FreeBSD

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OpenLayers - Welcome

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OpenLayers is a high-performance, feature-packed library for creating interactive maps on the web. It can display map tiles, vector data and markers loaded from any source on any web page. OpenLayers has been developed to further the use of geographic information of all kinds. It is completely free, Open Source JavaScript, released under the BSD 2-Clause License. For more detail on quick prototyping without the use of a Node.js based setup, see the Skypack example. OpenLayers appreciates contributions of all kinds. We especially want to thank our fiscal sponsors who contribute to ongoing project maintenance. Pozi helps connect communities through spatial thinking. We love Openlayers and it forms a core part of our platform. yey'maps is a scalable cloud GIS suite that is developed with the powerful Openlayers API and the GDAL library. We develop leading Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software. OpenLayers is the core of our map engine and we love it! We advance holistic utilization and availability of spatial information, for a better planned, built and managed society. See our GitHub sponsors page or Open Collective if you too are interested in becoming a regular sponsor. OpenLayers runs on all modern browsers (with greater than 1% global usage). This includes Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge. For older browsers, polyfills (Fastly or Cloudflare) will likely need to be added. Please see our guide on contributing if you're interested in getting involved. Community Need help? Find it on Stack Overflow using the tag 'openlayers' Follow @openlayers on Twitter

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Official website
openlayers.org
Image
Screenshot OpenLayers 6.9.0.png
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social media followers
643
Commons category
OpenLayers
software version identifier
10.9.0
source code repository URL
github.com/openlayers/openlayers
inception
2006-06-26
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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.

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