Listen to DeviceOrientation events.
This example shows how to track changes in device orientation. gyronorm.js library is used to access and normalize the events from the browser.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Device Orientation</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://openlayers.org/en/v4.6.4/css/ol.css" type="text/css">
<!-- The line below is only needed for old environments like Internet Explorer and Android 4.x -->
<script src=""></script>
<script src="https://openlayers.org/en/v4.6.4/build/ol.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/dorukeker/gyronorm.js/v2.0.6/dist/gyronorm.complete.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map" class="map"></div>
<p>
<div>α : <code id="alpha"></code></div>
<div>β : <code id="beta"></code></div>
<div>γ : <code id="gamma"></code></div>
</p>
<script>
var projection = ol.proj.get('EPSG:3857');
var view = new ol.View({
center: [0, 0],
projection: projection,
extent: projection.getExtent(),
zoom: 2
});
var map = new ol.Map({
layers: [
new ol.layer.Tile({
source: new ol.source.OSM()
})
],
target: 'map',
controls: ol.control.defaults({
attributionOptions: {
collapsible: false
}
}),
view: view
});
function el(id) {
return document.getElementById(id);
}
var gn = new GyroNorm();
gn.init().then(function() {
gn.start(function(event) {
var center = view.getCenter();
var resolution = view.getResolution();
var alpha = ol.math.toRadians(event.do.beta);
var beta = ol.math.toRadians(event.do.beta);
var gamma = ol.math.toRadians(event.do.gamma);
el('alpha').innerText = alpha + ' [rad]';
el('beta').innerText = beta + ' [rad]';
el('gamma').innerText = gamma + ' [rad]';
center[0] -= resolution * gamma * 25;
center[1] += resolution * beta * 25;
view.setCenter(view.constrainCenter(center));
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>