OpenLayers 2.8

OpenLayers provides easy to use pure Javascript API for configure your own WMS (Web Map Service) client.


Recently they have released the newest version (v2.8) which contain many new functionality. Few of them are

• Add support for multi-layer feature selection when using vector features
• Support for snapping while drawing geometries
• Added GetFeature and GetFeatureInfo control
• Support for loading ArcGIS Server data
• Improved KML support with better styling

Complete list of new features:
http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.8/Notes

To understand the power of OpenLayers:
http://gallery.openlayers.org/