WKT example

Example of using the WKT parser.

Create features from geometries in WKT (Well Known Text) format.

wkt, well known text
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>WKT 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.OSM()
});

var format = new ol.format.WKT();
var feature = format.readFeature(
    'POLYGON((10.689697265625 -25.0927734375, 34.595947265625 ' +
        '-20.1708984375, 38.814697265625 -35.6396484375, 13.502197265625 ' +
        '-39.1552734375, 10.689697265625 -25.0927734375))');
feature.getGeometry().transform('EPSG:4326', 'EPSG:3857');

var vector = new ol.layer.Vector({
  source: new ol.source.Vector({
    features: [feature]
  })
});

var map = new ol.Map({
  layers: [raster, vector],
  target: 'map',
  view: new ol.View({
    center: [2952104.019976033, -3277504.823700756],
    zoom: 4
  })
});

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