Static image example

Example of a static image layer.

This example uses a static image as a layer source. The map view is configured with a custom projection that translates image coordinates directly into map coordinates.

static image, xkcd
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Static image 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>
// Map views always need a projection.  Here we just want to map image
// coordinates directly to map coordinates, so we create a projection that uses
// the image extent in pixels.
var extent = [0, 0, 1024, 968];
var projection = new ol.proj.Projection({
  code: 'xkcd-image',
  units: 'pixels',
  extent: extent
});

var map = new ol.Map({
  layers: [
    new ol.layer.Image({
      source: new ol.source.ImageStatic({
        attributions: [
          new ol.Attribution({
            html: '&copy; <a href="http://xkcd.com/license.html">xkcd</a>'
          })
        ],
        url: 'http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/online_communities.png',
        projection: projection,
        imageExtent: extent
      })
    })
  ],
  target: 'map',
  view: new ol.View({
    projection: projection,
    center: ol.extent.getCenter(extent),
    zoom: 2
  })
});

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