experimental new ol.DeviceOrientation(opt_options)
The ol.DeviceOrientation class provides access to DeviceOrientation information and events, see the HTML 5 DeviceOrientation Specification for more details.
Many new computers, and especially mobile phones and tablets, provide hardware support for device orientation. Web developers targetting mobile devices will be especially interested in this class.
Device orientation data are relative to a common starting point. For mobile devices, the starting point is to lay your phone face up on a table with the top of the phone pointing north. This represents the zero state. All angles are then relative to this state. For computers, it is the same except the screen is open at 90 degrees.
Device orientation is reported as three angles - alpha, beta, and
gamma - relative to the starting position along the three planar axes X, Y
and Z. The X axis runs from the left edge to the right edge through the
middle of the device. Similarly, the Y axis runs from the bottom to the top
of the device through the middle. The Z axis runs from the back to the front
through the middle. In the starting position, the X axis points to the
right, the Y axis points away from you and the Z axis points straight up
from the device lying flat.
The three angles representing the device orientation are relative to the
three axes. alpha indicates how much the device has been rotated around the
Z axis, which is commonly interpreted as the compass heading (see note
below). beta indicates how much the device has been rotated around the X
axis, or how much it is tilted from front to back. gamma indicates how
much the device has been rotated around the Y axis, or how much it is tilted
from left to right.
For most browsers, the alpha value returns the compass heading so if the
device points north, it will be 0. With Safari on iOS, the 0 value of
alpha is calculated from when device orientation was first requested.
ol.DeviceOrientation provides the heading property which normalizes this
behavior across all browsers for you.
It is important to note that the HTML 5 DeviceOrientation specification
indicates that alpha, beta and gamma are in degrees while the
equivalent properties in ol.DeviceOrientation are in radians for consistency
with all other uses of angles throughout OpenLayers.
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options |
optional
Options.
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Fires:
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experimental
beforepropertychange(ol.ObjectEvent) - Triggered before a property is changed. -
change -
change:alpha(ol.ObjectEvent) -
change:beta(ol.ObjectEvent) -
change:gamma(ol.ObjectEvent) -
change:heading(ol.ObjectEvent) -
change:tracking(ol.ObjectEvent) -
experimental
propertychange(ol.ObjectEvent) - Triggered when a property is changed.
Extends
Observable Properties
| Name | Type | Settable | ol.ObjectEvent type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
alpha |
number | undefined | no | change:alpha |
The euler angle in radians of the device from the standard Z axis. |
beta |
number | undefined | no | change:beta |
The euler angle in radians of the device from the planar X axis. |
gamma |
number | undefined | no | change:gamma |
The euler angle in radians of the device from the planar Y axis. |
heading |
number | undefined | no | change:heading |
The heading of the device relative to north, in radians, normalizing for different browser behavior. |
tracking |
boolean | yes | change:tracking |
The status of tracking changes to alpha, beta and gamma. If true, changes are tracked and reported immediately. |
Methods
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experimental inherited bindTo(key, target, opt_targetKey){ol.ObjectAccessor}
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The bindTo method allows you to set up a two-way binding between a
sourceandtargetobject. The method returns an ol.ObjectAccessor with a transform method that lets you transform values on the way from the source to the target and on the way back.For example, if you had two map views (sourceView and targetView) and you wanted the target view to have double the resolution of the source view, you could transform the resolution on the way to and from the target with the following:
sourceView.bindTo('resolution', targetView) .transform( function(sourceResolution) { // from sourceView.resolution to targetView.resolution return 2 * sourceResolution; }, function(targetResolution) { // from targetView.resolution to sourceView.resolution return targetResolution / 2; } );Name Type Argument Description keystring Key name.
targetol.Object Target.
targetKeystring <optional>
optional Target key.
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experimental inherited dispatchChangeEvent()
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Dispatches a
changeevent. Register a listener for this event to get notified of changes.Fires:
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change
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experimental inherited get(key){*}
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Gets a value.
Name Type Description keystring Key name.
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experimental getAlpha(){number|undefined}
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Returns:
euler angle in radians of the device from the standard Z axis.
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experimental getBeta(){number|undefined}
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Returns:
euler angle in radians of the device from the planar X axis.
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experimental getGamma(){number|undefined}
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Returns:
euler angle in radians of the device from the planar Y axis.
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experimental getHeading(){number|undefined}
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Returns:
heading of the device relative to north, in radians, normalizing for different browser behavior.
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experimental inherited getKeys(){Array.<string>}
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Get a list of object property names.
Returns:
of property names.
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experimental inherited getProperties(){Object.<string, *>}
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Get an object of all property names and values.
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experimental getTracking(){boolean}
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Are we tracking the device's orientation?
Returns:
status of tracking changes to alpha, beta and gamma. If true, changes are tracked and reported immediately.
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experimental inherited notify(key)
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Notify all observers of a change on this property. This notifies both objects that are bound to the object's property as well as the object that it is bound to.
Name Type Description keystring Key name.
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experimental inherited on(type, listener, opt_this){goog.events.Key}
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Listen for a certain type of event.
Name Type Argument Description typestring | Array.<string> The event type or array of event types.
listenerfunction The listener function.
thisObject <optional>
optional The object to use as
thisinlistener.Returns:
key for the listener.
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experimental inherited once(type, listener, opt_this){goog.events.Key}
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Listen once for a certain type of event.
Name Type Argument Description typestring | Array.<string> The event type or array of event types.
listenerfunction The listener function.
thisObject <optional>
optional The object to use as
thisinlistener.Returns:
key for the listener.
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experimental inherited set(key, value)
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Sets a value.
Name Type Description keystring Key name.
value* Value.
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experimental setTracking(tracking)
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Enable or disable tracking of DeviceOrientation events.
Name Type Description trackingboolean The status of tracking changes to alpha, beta and gamma. If true, changes are tracked and reported immediately.
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experimental inherited setValues(values)
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Sets a collection of key-value pairs.
Name Type Description valuesObject.<string, *> Values.
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experimental inherited un(type, listener, opt_this)
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Unlisten for a certain type of event.
Name Type Argument Description typestring | Array.<string> The event type or array of event types.
listenerfunction The listener function.
thisObject <optional>
optional The object to use as
thisinlistener. -
experimental inherited unbind(key)
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Removes a binding. Unbinding will set the unbound property to the current value. The object will not be notified, as the value has not changed.
Name Type Description keystring Key name.
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experimental inherited unbindAll()
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Removes all bindings.
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experimental inherited unByKey(key)
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Removes an event listener using the key returned by
on()oronce().Name Type Description keygoog.events.Key Key.
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