With OpenLayers, what is the correct way of removing a markers layer, and the popups?
Solution 1
You can remove individual markers from a marker layer with:
markers.removeMarker(marker);
Removing the entire layer, with markers should be achieved with:
markers.destroy();
You should be able to remove a popup with:
map.removePopup(popup);
where popup is the Popup object created earlier.
Solution 2
I know this post is old but to remove all markers from the marker layer list use:
markerLayer.clearMarkers();
GilShalit
Currently owner and principal at DHDev where we do Digital Humanities development. Previously - Founder and VP R&D at InnovizeIT, Leaders in DB2 application analysis and optimization (Mainframe and Open Systems)
Updated on July 05, 2022Comments
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GilShalit almost 2 years
LoadPin is a function to add a marker to a map. It initializes the layer on the first call. map is an openlayers map object.
But using map.removeLayer("markers") or "Markers", does not remove the markers from the map. I saw a mention of a destroy operation to do this but cant find that.
AND, how do I remove the popups?
var markers = null function LoadPin(LL, name, description) { var size = new OpenLayers.Size(36, 47); var offset = new OpenLayers.Pixel(-(size.w / 2), -size.h); var icon = new OpenLayers.Icon('http://www.waze.co.il/images/home.png', size, offset); if (markers == null) { markers = new OpenLayers.Layer.Markers("Markers"); map.addLayer(markers); } var marker = new OpenLayers.Marker(LL, icon) markers.addMarker(marker); var bounds = markers.getDataExtent(); map.zoomToExtent(bounds); map.addPopup(new OpenLayers.Popup.FramedCloud("test", LL, null, "<div style='font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:0.8em;'>" + name + "<br>" + description + "</div>", anchor = null, true, null)); }
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GilShalit over 13 yearsWorked like a charm! Thanks!
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Hayden Thring over 9 yearsI like this method, but unsure the relevance of docs desc: "This method removes all markers from a layer. The markers are not destroyed by this function, but are removed from the list of markers."
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Christophe Roussy over 9 years@HaydenThring If there is no other reference to them they will be garbage collected.