Classdesc

The ol.DeviceOrientation class provides access to information from DeviceOrientation 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 targeting 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.

To get notified of device orientation changes, register a listener for the generic change event on your ol.DeviceOrientation instance.

See

http://www.w3.org/TR/orientation-event/

Param: opt_options

Options.

Api

Hierarchy

Constructors

  • Parameters

    Returns DeviceOrientation

    Classdesc

    The ol.DeviceOrientation class provides access to information from DeviceOrientation 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 targeting 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.

    To get notified of device orientation changes, register a listener for the generic change event on your ol.DeviceOrientation instance.

    See

    http://www.w3.org/TR/orientation-event/

    Api

Methods

  • Increases the revision counter and dispatches a 'change' event.

    Returns void

    Api

  • Dispatches an event and calls all listeners listening for events of this type. The event parameter can either be a string or an Object with a type property.

    Parameters

    Returns void

    Function

    Api

  • Gets a value.

    Parameters

    • key: string

      Key name.

    Returns any

    Value.

    Api

    stable

  • Rotation around the device z-axis (in radians).

    Returns number

    The euler angle in radians of the device from the standard Z axis.

    Observable

    Api

  • Rotation around the device x-axis (in radians).

    Returns number

    The euler angle in radians of the device from the planar X axis.

    Observable

    Api

  • Rotation around the device y-axis (in radians).

    Returns number

    The euler angle in radians of the device from the planar Y axis.

    Observable

    Api

  • The heading of the device relative to north (in radians).

    Returns number

    The heading of the device relative to north, in radians, normalizing for different browser behavior.

    Observable

    Api

  • Get a list of object property names.

    Returns string[]

    List of property names.

    Api

    stable

  • Get an object of all property names and values.

    Returns {
        [k: string]: any;
    }

    Object.

    • [k: string]: any

    Api

    stable

  • Get the version number for this object. Each time the object is modified, its version number will be incremented.

    Returns number

    Revision.

    Api

  • Determine if orientation is being tracked.

    Returns boolean

    Changes in device orientation are being tracked.

    Observable

    Api

  • Listen for a certain type of event.

    Parameters

    • type: string | string[]

      The event type or array of event types.

    • listener: Function

      The listener function.

    • Optional opt_this: Object

      The object to use as this in listener.

    Returns Object | Object[]

    Unique key for the listener. If called with an array of event types as the first argument, the return will be an array of keys.

    Api

    stable

  • Listen once for a certain type of event.

    Parameters

    • type: string | string[]

      The event type or array of event types.

    • listener: Function

      The listener function.

    • Optional opt_this: Object

      The object to use as this in listener.

    Returns Object | Object[]

    Unique key for the listener. If called with an array of event types as the first argument, the return will be an array of keys.

    Api

    stable

  • Sets a value.

    Parameters

    • key: string

      Key name.

    • value: any

      Value.

    • Optional opt_silent: boolean

      Update without triggering an event.

    Returns void

    Api

    stable

  • Sets a collection of key-value pairs. Note that this changes any existing properties and adds new ones (it does not remove any existing properties).

    Parameters

    • values: {
          [k: string]: any;
      }

      Values.

      • [k: string]: any
    • Optional opt_silent: boolean

      Update without triggering an event.

    Returns void

    Api

    stable

  • Enable or disable tracking of device orientation events.

    Parameters

    • tracking: boolean

      The status of tracking changes to alpha, beta and gamma. If true, changes are tracked and reported immediately.

    Returns void

    Observable

    Api

  • Unlisten for a certain type of event.

    Parameters

    • type: string | string[]

      The event type or array of event types.

    • listener: Function

      The listener function.

    • Optional opt_this: Object

      The object which was used as this by the listener.

    Returns void

    Api

    stable

  • Removes an event listener using the key returned by on() or once().

    Parameters

    • key: Object | Object[]

      The key returned by on() or once() (or an array of keys).

    Returns void

    Api

    stable

  • Removes an event listener using the key returned by on() or once(). Note that using the ol.Observable.unByKey static function is to be preferred.

    Parameters

    • key: Object | Object[]

      The key returned by on() or once() (or an array of keys).

    Returns void

    Function

    Api

    stable

  • Unsets a property.

    Parameters

    • key: string

      Key name.

    • Optional opt_silent: boolean

      Unset without triggering an event.

    Returns void

    Api

    stable

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