Draw Tissot's indicatrices on maps.
Example of Tissot indicatrix maps. The map on the top is an EPSG:4326
map. The one on the bottom is EPSG:3857
.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Tissot Indicatrix</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>
</head>
<body>
<h4>EPSG:4326</h4>
<div id="map4326" class="map"></div>
<h4>EPSG:3857</h4>
<div id="map3857" class="map"></div>
<script>
import Feature from 'ol/Feature.js';
import Map from 'ol/Map.js';
import View from 'ol/View.js';
import {circular as circularPolygon} from 'ol/geom/Polygon.js';
import {Tile as TileLayer, Vector as VectorLayer} from 'ol/layer.js';
import TileWMS from 'ol/source/TileWMS.js';
import VectorSource from 'ol/source/Vector.js';
var vectorLayer4326 = new VectorLayer({
source: new VectorSource()
});
var vectorLayer3857 = new VectorLayer({
source: new VectorSource()
});
var map4326 = new Map({
layers: [
new TileLayer({
source: new TileWMS({
url: 'https://ahocevar.com/geoserver/wms',
params: {
'LAYERS': 'ne:NE1_HR_LC_SR_W_DR',
'TILED': true
}
})
}),
vectorLayer4326
],
target: 'map4326',
view: new View({
projection: 'EPSG:4326',
center: [0, 0],
zoom: 2
})
});
var map3857 = new Map({
layers: [
new TileLayer({
source: new TileWMS({
url: 'https://ahocevar.com/geoserver/wms',
params: {
'LAYERS': 'ne:NE1_HR_LC_SR_W_DR',
'TILED': true
}
})
}),
vectorLayer3857
],
target: 'map3857',
view: new View({
center: [0, 0],
zoom: 2
})
});
var radius = 800000;
var x, y;
for (x = -180; x < 180; x += 30) {
for (y = -90; y < 90; y += 30) {
var circle4326 = circularPolygon([x, y], radius, 64);
var circle3857 = circle4326.clone().transform('EPSG:4326', 'EPSG:3857');
vectorLayer4326.getSource().addFeature(new Feature(circle4326));
vectorLayer3857.getSource().addFeature(new Feature(circle3857));
}
}
</script>
</body>
</html>