Video Overlay#

The VideoOverlay class in ipyopenlayers allows you to overlay videos on your map. This feature is useful for adding dynamic visual content, such as animated data visualizations, real-time footage, or other video elements to your map. The VideoOverlay provides options to specify the geographic position and the URL of the video to be displayed.

Key Features#

Dynamic Content: Overlay videos on the map to display animated data, real-time footage, or any other video content.
Flexible Positioning: Specify the geographic position where the video should be displayed.
Interactive Updates: The video overlay can be updated dynamically, allowing for interactive and responsive map displays.

Example#

Below is an example of how to use the VideoOverlay class to add a video to your ipyopenlayers map:

from ipyopenlayers import Map, RasterTileLayer, VideoOverlay

# Create a map centered at coordinates [0.0, 0.0] with zoom level 2
m = Map(center=[0.0, 0.0], zoom=2)
# Add layer
layer=RasterTileLayer()
m.add_layer(layer)

# Display the map
display(m)

# Create a VideoOverlay and set its position and video URL
video = VideoOverlay(
    position=[0, 0],
    video_url="https://www.mapbox.com/bites/00188/patricia_nasa.webm"
)

# Add the VideoOverlay to the map
m.add_overlay(video)

Attributes#

class ipyopenlayers.openlayers.VideoOverlay(**kwargs: Any)[source]#

VideoOverlay class.

Video layer from a local or remote video file.

video_url#

Url to the local or remote image file.

Type:: string, default “”

position#

center of the video.

Type:: list, default [0., 0]