Example of exporting a map as a PNG image.
Example of exporting a map as a PNG image. This example requires a browser that supports canvas.toBlob()
.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Map Export</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://openlayers.org/en/v5.3.0/css/ol.css" type="text/css">
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<script src="https://cdn.polyfill.io/v2/polyfill.min.js?features=requestAnimationFrame,Element.prototype.classList,URL"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/FileSaver.js/1.3.3/FileSaver.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map" class="map"></div>
<a id="export-png" class="btn btn-default"><i class="fa fa-download"></i> Download PNG</a>
<script>
import Map from 'ol/Map.js';
import View from 'ol/View.js';
import GeoJSON from 'ol/format/GeoJSON.js';
import {Tile as TileLayer, Vector as VectorLayer} from 'ol/layer.js';
import {OSM, Vector as VectorSource} from 'ol/source.js';
var map = new Map({
layers: [
new TileLayer({
source: new OSM()
}),
new VectorLayer({
source: new VectorSource({
url: 'data/geojson/countries.geojson',
format: new GeoJSON()
})
})
],
target: 'map',
view: new View({
center: [0, 0],
zoom: 2
})
});
document.getElementById('export-png').addEventListener('click', function() {
map.once('rendercomplete', function(event) {
var canvas = event.context.canvas;
if (navigator.msSaveBlob) {
navigator.msSaveBlob(canvas.msToBlob(), 'map.png');
} else {
canvas.toBlob(function(blob) {
saveAs(blob, 'map.png');
});
}
});
map.renderSync();
});
</script>
</body>
</html>