var map, filter, filterStrategy; var animationTimer; var currentDate; var startDate = new Date(1272736800000); // lower bound of when values var endDate = new Date(1272737100000); // upper value of when values var step = 8; // sencods to advance each interval var interval = 0.125; // seconds between each step in the animation function startAnimation() { if (animationTimer) { stopAnimation(true); } if (!currentDate) { currentDate = startDate; } var spanEl = document.getElementById("span"); var next = function() { var span = parseInt(spanEl.value, 10); if (currentDate < endDate) { filter.lowerBoundary = currentDate; filter.upperBoundary = new Date(currentDate.getTime() + (span * 1000)); filterStrategy.setFilter(filter); currentDate = new Date(currentDate.getTime() + (step * 1000)); } else { stopAnimation(true); } }; animationTimer = window.setInterval(next, interval * 1000); } function stopAnimation(reset) { window.clearInterval(animationTimer); animationTimer = null; if (reset === true) { currentDate = null; } } // add behavior to elements document.getElementById("start").onclick = startAnimation; document.getElementById("stop").onclick = stopAnimation; var spanEl = document.getElementById("span"); var mercator = new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:900913"); var geographic = new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"); map = new OpenLayers.Map("map"); var osm = new OpenLayers.Layer.OSM(); filter = new OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison({ type: OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison.BETWEEN, property: "when", lowerBoundary: startDate, upperBoundary: new Date(startDate.getTime() + (parseInt(spanEl.value, 10) * 1000)) }); filterStrategy = new OpenLayers.Strategy.Filter({filter: filter}); var flights = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Aircraft Locations", { projection: geographic, strategies: [new OpenLayers.Strategy.Fixed(), filterStrategy], protocol: new OpenLayers.Protocol.HTTP({ url: "kml-track.kml", format: new OpenLayers.Format.KML({ extractTracks: true //,extractStyles: true // use style from KML instead of styleMap below }) }), styleMap: new OpenLayers.StyleMap({ "default": new OpenLayers.Style({ graphicName: "circle", pointRadius: 3, fillOpacity: 0.25, fillColor: "#ffcc66", strokeColor: "#ff9933", strokeWidth: 1 }) }), renderers: ["Canvas", "SVG", "VML"] }); map.addLayers([osm, flights]); map.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(-93.2735, 44.8349).transform(geographic, mercator), 8);