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.
<!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/3.8.1/css/ol.css" type="text/css"> <script src="http://openlayers.org/en/3.8.1/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: '© <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>