Example of a countries vector layer with country information.
The countries are loaded from a GeoJSON file. Information about countries is shown on hover and click.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Vector Layer</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://openlayers.org/en/v4.6.4/css/ol.css" type="text/css">
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<script src=""></script>
<script src="https://openlayers.org/en/v4.6.4/build/ol.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map" class="map"></div>
<div id="info"> </div>
<script>
var style = new ol.style.Style({
fill: new ol.style.Fill({
color: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)'
}),
stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({
color: '#319FD3',
width: 1
}),
text: new ol.style.Text({
font: '12px Calibri,sans-serif',
fill: new ol.style.Fill({
color: '#000'
}),
stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({
color: '#fff',
width: 3
})
})
});
var vectorLayer = new ol.layer.Vector({
source: new ol.source.Vector({
url: 'https://openlayers.org/en/v4.6.4/examples/data/geojson/countries.geojson',
format: new ol.format.GeoJSON()
}),
style: function(feature) {
style.getText().setText(feature.get('name'));
return style;
}
});
var map = new ol.Map({
layers: [vectorLayer],
target: 'map',
view: new ol.View({
center: [0, 0],
zoom: 1
})
});
var highlightStyle = new ol.style.Style({
stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({
color: '#f00',
width: 1
}),
fill: new ol.style.Fill({
color: 'rgba(255,0,0,0.1)'
}),
text: new ol.style.Text({
font: '12px Calibri,sans-serif',
fill: new ol.style.Fill({
color: '#000'
}),
stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({
color: '#f00',
width: 3
})
})
});
var featureOverlay = new ol.layer.Vector({
source: new ol.source.Vector(),
map: map,
style: function(feature) {
highlightStyle.getText().setText(feature.get('name'));
return highlightStyle;
}
});
var highlight;
var displayFeatureInfo = function(pixel) {
var feature = map.forEachFeatureAtPixel(pixel, function(feature) {
return feature;
});
var info = document.getElementById('info');
if (feature) {
info.innerHTML = feature.getId() + ': ' + feature.get('name');
} else {
info.innerHTML = ' ';
}
if (feature !== highlight) {
if (highlight) {
featureOverlay.getSource().removeFeature(highlight);
}
if (feature) {
featureOverlay.getSource().addFeature(feature);
}
highlight = feature;
}
};
map.on('pointermove', function(evt) {
if (evt.dragging) {
return;
}
var pixel = map.getEventPixel(evt.originalEvent);
displayFeatureInfo(pixel);
});
map.on('click', function(evt) {
displayFeatureInfo(evt.pixel);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>