OpenLayers Project Charts New Course with v10.9.0, While Legacy Codebase Remains Accessible

OpenLayers v10.9.0 is now available. This update adds OGCMap and GeoZarr support for developers. Learn how these changes affect your map projects today.

#openlayers, #webmapping, #geospatial, #codingupdates, #javascript

https://newsletter.tf/openlayers-v10-9-0-update-features/

The new OpenLayers v10.9.0 update is now live. It adds new data tools like GeoZarr, which is a big step up from the older v3.20.1 version.

#openlayers, #webmapping, #geospatial, #codingupdates, #javascript
https://newsletter.tf/openlayers-v10-9-0-update-features/

OpenLayers v10.9.0 release adds GeoZarr and OGCMap support in May 2026

OpenLayers v10.9.0 is now available. This update adds OGCMap and GeoZarr support for developers. Learn how these changes affect your map projects today.

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Release v10.9.0 · openlayers/openlayers

Summary In the 10.9 release, GeoZarr and GeoTIFF support saw major improvements — including multi-group band support, per-band metadata, and more efficient tile loading. WebGL rendering precision a...

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control #OpenLayers with your hands via webcam

"Map Gesture ControlsControl maps with your hands
Browser-native hand gesture controls for OpenLayers. Powered by MediaPipe. No backend required."

#gis #gistribe #gischat #webmap #geodata #geospatial

https://sanderdesnaijer.github.io/map-gesture-controls/

Map Gesture Controls - Hand Gesture Navigation for OpenLayers, Google Maps, and Leaflet

Control OpenLayers, Google Maps, and Leaflet with hand gestures using your webcam. Browser-native, privacy-first, powered by MediaPipe.

Map Gesture Controls
🎭 Ah, the future is here! Now you can awkwardly wave your hands like a street mime to navigate maps 🙌, because using a mouse was just too mainstream. 🤹‍♂️ Who knew navigating #OpenLayers maps could resemble an interpretive dance? 💃 #NextLevelTech
https://sanderdesnaijer.github.io/map-gesture-controls/ #NextLevelTech #FutureOfNavigation #TechInnovation #CreativeTech #HackerNews #ngated
Map Gesture Controls - Hand Gesture Navigation for OpenLayers, Google Maps, and Leaflet

Control OpenLayers, Google Maps, and Leaflet with hand gestures using your webcam. Browser-native, privacy-first, powered by MediaPipe.

Map Gesture Controls
Andreas @ahocevar showing impressive new #OpenLayers raster features at #fossgis2026 Thanks for showing a dynamic #EqualEarth world map!

Day 14/100: Ten years later, same place, different tools 🔄

Aiudului Gorges (Trascău Mountains): my reference mapping location since 2011.
2011: #OpenLayers + MapTiler. 2D tiles over OSM.
2021: #ProceduralGL. Smooth 3D terrain with #WebGL + real elevation. Routes draped over high-res topography.

Core question unchanged: how help people understand terrain before arrival?Problems consistent. Solutions transform.

#100DayMapChallenge

Release v10.8.0 · openlayers/openlayers

The 10.8 release brings new sources: OGCMap for OGC API Maps, and an experimental GeoZarr source for raster data conforming to the evolving GeoZarr specification. Vector rendering also gets an impo...

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Day 1/100: The origin 🗺️

Aiudului Gorges, Romania. 2011. Karst terrain I still hike and climb.

Hand-digitized contours from topographic map. Same one from my thesis. Tiles with GDAL2Tiles + MapTiler, rendered in OpenLayers.

Before Three.js in cartography. Before WebGL was mainstream.

Same question: how do we make terrain feel real online? ⛰️

Still asking, 14 years later.

http://cheileaiudului.ro

#WebMapping #GIS #OpenLayers #GDAL #Cartography #100DayMapChallenge