API for the application developer

General

MapQuery is initialised with $(mapselector).mapQuery({options});
A widget is initialised with $(selector).mqWidget({options}); options must contain map:'mapselector'

Next to the core map widget, MapQuery has a growing number of other widgets to build rich mapping applications.

Map
mqLayerManager: Manipulate layer order, visibility, opacity, remove layers
mqMousePosition: Display the mouse position in map coordinates (or should it be mqMapPosition(pixX, pixY)?)
mqGetFeatureInfo/mqPopup: Get information from the map for a given screen location)
mqOverviewMap: Small inset map showing a box that represents the current map extent in a larger overview area
mqZoomButtons: Add a zoom in, zoom out and optional a home button to the map
mqZoomSlider: Add a zoomslider to the map

mqLegend: Display a legend for a layer
mqTOC: Table Of Contents - select/remove layers choosing from a large list of layers
mqGeocode: Get location and extent from a geographical name
mqScaleBar: Bar to visualize current map scale
mqMeasure: Lets users measure distances on the map, displays distance in widget area
mqHistory: Attach map actions such as zoom and layer manipulations to browser history
mqPermalink: Creates and executes hyperlinks to recreate map zoom and layer configurations
mqEdit: lets users manipulate vector features and their attributes