LineString arrows example

Example of drawing arrows for each line string segment.

Example of drawing arrows for each line string segment.

draw, vector, arrow
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>LineString arrows example</title>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.2.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://openlayers.org/en/v3.9.0/css/ol.css" type="text/css">
<script src="http://openlayers.org/en/v3.9.0/build/ol.js"></script>

</head>
<body>
<div class="container-fluid">

<div class="row-fluid">
  <div class="span12">
    <div id="map" class="map"></div>
  </div>
</div>

</div>
<script>
var raster = new ol.layer.Tile({
  source: new ol.source.MapQuest({layer: 'sat'})
});

var source = new ol.source.Vector();

var styleFunction = function(feature, resolution) {
  var geometry = feature.getGeometry();
  var styles = [
    // linestring
    new ol.style.Style({
      stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({
        color: '#ffcc33',
        width: 2
      })
    })
  ];

  geometry.forEachSegment(function(start, end) {
    var dx = end[0] - start[0];
    var dy = end[1] - start[1];
    var rotation = Math.atan2(dy, dx);
    // arrows
    styles.push(new ol.style.Style({
      geometry: new ol.geom.Point(end),
      image: new ol.style.Icon({
        src: 'data/arrow.png',
        anchor: [0.75, 0.5],
        rotateWithView: false,
        rotation: -rotation
      })
    }));
  });

  return styles;
};
var vector = new ol.layer.Vector({
  source: source,
  style: styleFunction
});

var map = new ol.Map({
  layers: [raster, vector],
  target: 'map',
  view: new ol.View({
    center: [-11000000, 4600000],
    zoom: 4
  })
});

map.addInteraction(new ol.interaction.Draw({
  source: source,
  type: /** @type {ol.geom.GeometryType} */ ('LineString')
}));

</script>
</body>
</html>