diff --git a/api/Map.js b/api/Map.js
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+// see https://github.com/camptocamp/cgxp/blob/master/core/src/script/CGXP/api/Map.js
+
+import OLMap from 'ol/Map.js';
+import Feature from 'ol/Feature.js';
+import Point from 'ol/geom/Point.js';
+import {Icon, Style} from 'ol/style.js';
+import View from 'ol/View.js';
+import VectorSource from 'ol/source/Vector.js';
+import VectorLayer from 'ol/layer/Vector.js';
+
+import {get as getProjection} from 'ol/proj.js';
+
+import * as constants from './constants.js';
+
+
+class Map {
+
+  /**
+   * @param {Object} options
+   * @property {string} div
+   * @property {ol.Coordinate} center
+   * @property {number} [zoom=10]
+   * TODO: more options
+   */
+  constructor(options) {
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @type {View}
+     */
+    this.view_ = new View({
+      projection: getProjection(constants.projection),
+      resolutions: constants.resolutions,
+      zoom: options.zoom,
+      center: options.center
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @type {OLMap}
+     */
+    this.map_ = new OLMap({
+      target: options.div,
+      view: this.view_
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @type {VectorSource}
+     */
+    this.vectorSource_ = new VectorSource();
+
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @type {VectorLayer}
+     */
+    this.vectorLayer_ = new VectorLayer({
+      source: this.vectorSource_
+    });
+
+    this.map_.addLayer(this.vectorLayer_);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param {ol.Coordinate} center
+   * @param {number} zoom
+   */
+  recenter(center, zoom) {
+    this.view_.setCenter(center);
+    this.view_.setZoom(zoom);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param {Object} options
+   * @property {ol.Coordinate} position
+   * @property {string} [icon]
+   * @property {ol.Size} [size]
+   */
+  addMarker(options = {}) {
+    const marker = new Feature({
+      geometry: new Point(options.position ? options.position : this.view_.getCenter())
+    });
+    if (options.icon) {
+      // FIXME: use size?
+      marker.setStyle(new Style({
+        image: new Icon({
+          src: options.icon
+        })
+      }));
+    }
+    this.vectorSource_.addFeature(marker);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param {string} layer
+   * @param {Array.<string>} layer
+   * @param {boolean} [highlight=false]
+   */
+  recenterOnObjects(layer, ids, highlight = false) {
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param {string} type
+   * @param {string} name
+   * @param {string} url
+   * @param {Object} [options]
+   * @property {Array.<string>} [attr=['title', 'description']]
+   * @property {function()} [success]
+   * @property {function()} [error]
+   */
+  addCustomLayer(type, name, url, options = {}) {
+    if (type === 'text') {
+      fetch(url)
+        .then((response) => response.text())
+        .then((text) => {
+          const attr = options.attr || ['title', 'description'];
+          const lines = text.split(/\r\n|\r|\n/);
+          const columns = lines.shift().split('\t');
+          for (const line of lines) {
+            if (line) {
+              const values = zip(columns, line.split('\t'));
+              const marker = new Feature({
+                geometry: new Point(values.point.split(',').map(parseFloat))
+              });
+              marker.setProperties(filterByKeys(values, attr));
+              marker.setId(values.id);
+              // FIXME: handle values.iconSize
+              // FIXME: handle values.iconOffset
+              marker.setStyle(new Style({
+                image: new Icon({
+                  src: values.icon
+                })
+              }));
+              this.vectorSource_.addFeature(marker);
+            }
+          }
+          this.view_.fit(this.vectorSource_.getExtent());
+        })
+        .then(() => {
+          if (options.success) {
+            options.success();
+          }
+        })
+        .catch(() => {
+          if (options.error) {
+            options.error();
+          }
+        })
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+  * @param {string} id
+  */
+  selectObject(id) {
+    const feature = this.vectorSource_.getFeatureById(id);
+    if (feature) {
+      // TODO
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Array.<string>} keys
+ * @param {Array.<*>} values
+ */
+function zip(keys, values) {
+  const obj = {};
+  keys.forEach((key, index) => {
+    obj[key] = values[index];
+  });
+  return obj;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Object.<string, *>} obj
+ * @param {Array.<string>} keys
+ */
+function filterByKeys(obj, keys) {
+  const filtered = {};
+  keys.forEach((key) => {
+    filtered[key] = obj[key];
+  });
+  return filtered;
+}
+
+
+export default Map;
diff --git a/api/constants.js b/api/constants.js
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+/**
+ * @type {string}
+ */
+export const projection = 'EPSG:2056';
+
+
+/**
+ * @type {Array.<number>}
+ */
+export const resolutions = [250, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.25, 0.1, 0.05];
+
+
+/**
+ * @type {string}
+ */
+export const backgroundLayer = 'plan';
diff --git a/api/index.js b/api/index.js
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+++ b/api/index.js
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+import Map from './Map.js';
+
+const lib = {
+  Map
+};
+
+export default lib;
diff --git a/buildtools/webpack.api.js b/buildtools/webpack.api.js
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+++ b/buildtools/webpack.api.js
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+module.exports = (env, argv) => {
+  const library = argv.library ? argv.library : 'demo';
+  return {
+    entry: './api/index.js',
+    output: {
+      filename: 'api.js',
+      libraryTarget: 'umd',
+      globalObject: 'this',
+      libraryExport: 'default',
+      library: library
+    }
+  };
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 207cb60ce10e..4347acb7e1e5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
     "build-ngeo-examples": "TARGET=ngeo-examples webpack --progress --debug",
     "build-gmf-examples": "TARGET=gmf-examples webpack --progress --debug",
     "build-gmf-apps": "TARGET=gmf-apps webpack --progress --debug",
+    "build-api": "webpack --config buildtools/webpack.api.js --mode development --library demo",
+    "serve-api": "webpack-dev-server --mode development --content-base dist/ --config buildtools/webpack.api.js --port 3000 --progress --watch --bail --debug",
     "serve-ngeo-examples": "DEV_SERVER=1 TARGET=ngeo-examples webpack-dev-server --port 3000 --progress --watch --bail --debug",
     "serve-gmf-examples": "DEV_SERVER=1 TARGET=gmf-examples webpack-dev-server --port 3000 --progress --watch --bail --debug",
     "serve-gmf-apps": "DEV_SERVER=1 TARGET=gmf-apps webpack-dev-server --port 3000 --progress --watch --bail --debug"