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Tracing around a polygon

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Using the draw interaction to trace around features.

The draw interaction has a trace option to enable tracing around existing features. This example uses the traceSource option to trace features from one source and add them to another source. The first click on an edge of the target feature will start tracing. The second click on the edge will stop tracing.

main.js
import Draw from 'ol/interaction/Draw.js';
import GeoJSON from 'ol/format/GeoJSON.js';
import Map from 'ol/Map.js';
import Snap from 'ol/interaction/Snap.js';
import TileLayer from 'ol/layer/WebGLTile.js';
import VectorLayer from 'ol/layer/Vector.js';
import VectorSource from 'ol/source/Vector.js';
import View from 'ol/View.js';
import XYZ from 'ol/source/XYZ.js';

const raster = new TileLayer({
  source: new XYZ({
    url: 'https://api.maptiler.com/tiles/satellite/{z}/{x}/{y}.jpg?key=get_your_own_D6rA4zTHduk6KOKTXzGB',
    maxZoom: 20,
  }),
});

// features in this layer will be snapped to
const baseVector = new VectorLayer({
  source: new VectorSource({
    format: new GeoJSON(),
    url: 'data/geojson/fire.json',
  }),
  style: {
    'fill-color': 'rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.3)',
    'stroke-color': 'rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.9)',
    'stroke-width': 0.5,
  },
});

// this is where the drawn features go
const drawVector = new VectorLayer({
  source: new VectorSource(),
  style: {
    'stroke-color': 'rgba(100, 255, 0, 1)',
    'stroke-width': 2,
    'fill-color': 'rgba(100, 255, 0, 0.3)',
  },
});

const map = new Map({
  layers: [raster, baseVector, drawVector],
  target: 'map',
  view: new View({
    center: [-13378949, 5943751],
    zoom: 11,
  }),
});

let drawInteraction;

const snapInteraction = new Snap({
  source: baseVector.getSource(),
});

const typeSelect = document.getElementById('type');

function addInteraction() {
  const value = typeSelect.value;
  if (value !== 'None') {
    drawInteraction = new Draw({
      type: value,
      source: drawVector.getSource(),
      trace: true,
      traceSource: baseVector.getSource(),
      style: {
        'stroke-color': 'rgba(255, 255, 100, 0.5)',
        'stroke-width': 1.5,
        'fill-color': 'rgba(255, 255, 100, 0.25)',
        'circle-radius': 6,
        'circle-fill-color': 'rgba(255, 255, 100, 0.5)',
      },
    });
    map.addInteraction(drawInteraction);
    map.addInteraction(snapInteraction);
  }
}

typeSelect.onchange = function () {
  map.removeInteraction(drawInteraction);
  map.removeInteraction(snapInteraction);
  addInteraction();
};
addInteraction();
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Tracing around a polygon</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="node_modules/ol/ol.css">
    <style>
      .map {
        width: 100%;
        height: 400px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map" class="map"></div>
    <form>
      <label for="type">Geometry type &nbsp;</label>
      <select id="type">
        <option value="Polygon">Polygon</option>
        <option value="LineString">LineString</option>
        <option value="None">None</option>
      </select>
    </form>

    <script type="module" src="main.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>
package.json
{
  "name": "tracing",
  "dependencies": {
    "ol": "9.1.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "vite": "^3.2.3"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "vite",
    "build": "vite build"
  }
}