OpenLayers
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OpenLayers is an open-source JavaScript library for displaying and interacting with dynamic maps and geospatial data in web browsers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OpenLayers canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10330134 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OpenLayers Context triple: [WMS, typicalClientImplementation, OpenLayers]
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A.
OS Explorer OL3
OS Explorer OL3 is a detailed Ordnance Survey outdoor leisure map covering the Cairngorms area, designed for walkers, climbers, and other outdoor enthusiasts.
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B.
GeoServer
GeoServer is an open-source server application that allows users to share, process, and edit geospatial data using open standards such as WMS, WFS, and WCS.
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C.
MapServer
MapServer is an open-source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications on the web.
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D.
OGC
OGC is the abbreviation for NASA’s Office of the General Counsel, the agency’s chief legal office responsible for providing legal advice and services.
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E.
OGC
OGC is the Office of General Counsel within the Office of Justice Programs, providing legal advice and services on justice-related programs and policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OpenLayers Target entity description: OpenLayers is an open-source JavaScript library for displaying and interacting with dynamic maps and geospatial data in web browsers.
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A.
OS Explorer OL3
OS Explorer OL3 is a detailed Ordnance Survey outdoor leisure map covering the Cairngorms area, designed for walkers, climbers, and other outdoor enthusiasts.
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B.
GeoServer
GeoServer is an open-source server application that allows users to share, process, and edit geospatial data using open standards such as WMS, WFS, and WCS.
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C.
MapServer
MapServer is an open-source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications on the web.
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D.
OGC
OGC is the abbreviation for NASA’s Office of the General Counsel, the agency’s chief legal office responsible for providing legal advice and services.
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E.
OGC
OGC is the Office of General Counsel within the Office of Justice Programs, providing legal advice and services on justice-related programs and policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
JavaScript library
ⓘ
open-source software ⓘ |
| genre |
geospatial software
ⓘ
web mapping ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
ol/Map
ⓘ
ol/View ⓘ ol/control ⓘ ol/geom ⓘ ol/interaction ⓘ ol/layer ⓘ ol/source ⓘ ol/style ⓘ |
| implements | slippy map ⓘ |
| initialReleaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| license |
BSD 2-Clause License
ⓘ
linked to:
BSD license
|
| maintainedBy | OpenLayers contributors ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | JavaScript ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers ⓘ |
| sourceModel | open source ⓘ |
| supports |
ES6 modules
ⓘ
GML ⓘ GeoJSON ⓘ KML ⓘ Mapbox Vector Tile format ⓘ OSM tiles ⓘ WFS ⓘ WMS ⓘ WMTS ⓘ XYZ tiles ⓘ animation of features ⓘ attribution control ⓘ clustering of points ⓘ controls ⓘ drawing tools ⓘ feature editing ⓘ feature selection ⓘ heatmaps ⓘ integration with frameworks like Angular ⓘ integration with frameworks like React ⓘ integration with frameworks like Vue.js ⓘ layer switcher ⓘ map panning ⓘ map zooming ⓘ measure tools ⓘ mouse interactions ⓘ npm distribution ⓘ overlays ⓘ popups ⓘ projections ⓘ raster data ⓘ reprojection ⓘ scale line ⓘ styling of vector features ⓘ tiled map services ⓘ time-based data visualization ⓘ touch interactions ⓘ vector data ⓘ vector tiles ⓘ |
| usedFor |
building web GIS applications
ⓘ
displaying maps in web browsers ⓘ interactive mapping ⓘ visualizing geospatial data ⓘ |
| website | https://openlayers.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: OpenLayers Description of subject: OpenLayers is an open-source JavaScript library for displaying and interacting with dynamic maps and geospatial data in web browsers.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.