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OpenLayers vs Coggle: What are the differences?
What is OpenLayers? A high-performance, feature-packed library for all your mapping needs. An opensource javascript library to load, display and render maps from multiple sources on web pages.
What is Coggle? *Collaborative mind-mapping tool *. It is a freeware mind-mapping web application. Like other mind-mapping software, it produces hierarchically structured documents, like a branching tree.
OpenLayers and Coggle belong to "Mapping APIs" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by OpenLayers are:
- Tiled Layers - Pull tiles from OSM, Bing, MapBox, Stamen, MapQuest, and any other XYZ source you can find. OGC mapping services and untiled layers also supported.
- Fast & Mobile Ready - Mobile support out of the box. Build lightweight custom profiles with just the components you need.
- Vector Layers - Render vector data from GeoJSON, TopoJSON, KML, GML, and a growing number of other formats.
On the other hand, Coggle provides the following key features:
- Real-time collaboration
- Sharing with Organisations,individuals, or by private link
- View and copy previous versions
OpenLayers is an open source tool with 5.34K GitHub stars and 2K GitHub forks. Here's a link to OpenLayers's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Coggle
Pros of OpenLayers
- Flexibility15
- Maturity11
- Open Source8
- Incredibly comprehensive, excellent support7
- Extensible4
- Strong community4
- Choice of map providers4
- Low Level API3
- OpenStreetMap1