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Layer Groups

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Click on layer nodes below to change their properties.
  • OSM layer
  • Layer group
    • Food insecurity layer
    • World borders layer

Example of a map with layer group.

Example of a map with layer group.

main.js
import Map from 'ol/Map.js';
import OSM from 'ol/source/OSM.js';
import TileJSON from 'ol/source/TileJSON.js';
import View from 'ol/View.js';
import {Group as LayerGroup, Tile as TileLayer} from 'ol/layer.js';
import {fromLonLat} from 'ol/proj.js';

const key =
  'Your Mapbox access token from https://mapbox.com/ here';

const map = new Map({
  layers: [
    new TileLayer({
      source: new OSM(),
    }),
    new LayerGroup({
      layers: [
        new TileLayer({
          source: new TileJSON({
            url:
              'https://api.tiles.mapbox.com/v4/mapbox.20110804-hoa-foodinsecurity-3month.json?secure&access_token=' +
              key,
            crossOrigin: 'anonymous',
          }),
        }),
        new TileLayer({
          source: new TileJSON({
            url:
              'https://api.tiles.mapbox.com/v4/mapbox.world-borders-light.json?secure&access_token=' +
              key,
            crossOrigin: 'anonymous',
          }),
        }),
      ],
    }),
  ],
  target: 'map',
  view: new View({
    center: fromLonLat([37.4057, 8.81566]),
    zoom: 4,
  }),
});

function bindInputs(layerid, layer) {
  const visibilityInput = $(layerid + ' input.visible');
  visibilityInput.on('change', function () {
    layer.setVisible(this.checked);
  });
  visibilityInput.prop('checked', layer.getVisible());

  const opacityInput = $(layerid + ' input.opacity');
  opacityInput.on('input', function () {
    layer.setOpacity(parseFloat(this.value));
  });
  opacityInput.val(String(layer.getOpacity()));
}
function setup(id, group) {
  group.getLayers().forEach(function (layer, i) {
    const layerid = id + i;
    bindInputs(layerid, layer);
    if (layer instanceof LayerGroup) {
      setup(layerid, layer);
    }
  });
}
setup('#layer', map.getLayerGroup());

$('#layertree li > span')
  .click(function () {
    $(this).siblings('fieldset').toggle();
  })
  .siblings('fieldset')
  .hide();
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Layer Groups</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="node_modules/ol/ol.css">
    <style>
      .map {
        width: 100%;
        height: 400px;
      }
      #layertree li > span {
        cursor: pointer;
      }
      #layertree label {
        display: block;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map" class="map"></div>
    <div id="layertree">
      <h5>Click on layer nodes below to change their properties.</h5>
      <ul>
        <li><span>OSM layer</span>
          <fieldset id="layer0">
            <label class="checkbox" for="visible0">
              visible <input id="visible0" class="visible" type="checkbox"/>
            </label>
            <label>
              opacity <input class="opacity" type="range" min="0" max="1" step="0.01"/>
            </label>
          </fieldset>
        </li>
        <li>
          <span>Layer group</span>
          <fieldset id="layer1">
            <label class="checkbox" for="visible1">
              visible <input id="visible1" class="visible" type="checkbox"/>
            </label>
            <label>
              opacity <input class="opacity" type="range" min="0" max="1" step="0.01"/>
            </label>
          </fieldset>
          <ul>
            <li>
              <span>Food insecurity layer</span>
              <fieldset id="layer10">
                <label class="checkbox" for="visible10">
                  visible <input id="visible10" class="visible" type="checkbox"/>
                </label>
                <label>
                  opacity <input class="opacity" type="range" min="0" max="1" step="0.01"/>
                </label>
              </fieldset>
            </li>
            <li>
              <span>World borders layer</span>
              <fieldset id="layer11">
                <label class="checkbox" for="visible11">
                  visible <input id="visible11" class="visible" type="checkbox"/>
                </label>
                <label>
                  opacity <input class="opacity" type="range" min="0" max="1" step="0.01"/>
                </label>
              </fieldset>
            </li>
          </ul>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </div>

    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="module" src="main.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>
package.json
{
  "name": "layer-group",
  "dependencies": {
    "ol": "9.1.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "vite": "^3.2.3"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "vite",
    "build": "vite build"
  }
}