Example of a mouse position control, outside the map.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Mouse position 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 class="span6"> <form> <label>Projection </label> <select id="projection"> <option value="EPSG:4326">EPSG:4326</option> <option value="EPSG:3857">EPSG:3857</option> </select> <label>Precision </label> <input id="precision" type="number" min="0" max="12" value="4"/> </form> </div> <div class="span6" id="mouse-position"> </div> </div> <script> var mousePositionControl = new ol.control.MousePosition({ coordinateFormat: ol.coordinate.createStringXY(4), projection: 'EPSG:4326', // comment the following two lines to have the mouse position // be placed within the map. className: 'custom-mouse-position', target: document.getElementById('mouse-position'), undefinedHTML: ' ' }); var map = new ol.Map({ controls: ol.control.defaults({ attributionOptions: /** @type {olx.control.AttributionOptions} */ ({ collapsible: false }) }).extend([mousePositionControl]), layers: [ new ol.layer.Tile({ source: new ol.source.OSM() }) ], target: 'map', view: new ol.View({ center: [0, 0], zoom: 2 }) }); var projectionSelect = $('#projection'); projectionSelect.on('change', function() { mousePositionControl.setProjection(ol.proj.get(this.value)); }); projectionSelect.val(mousePositionControl.getProjection().getCode()); var precisionInput = $('#precision'); precisionInput.on('change', function() { var format = ol.coordinate.createStringXY(this.valueAsNumber); mousePositionControl.setCoordinateFormat(format); }); </script> </body> </html>