leaflet-solr-heatmap

Leaflet-Solr-Heatmap

A Leaflet plugin that visualizes heatmap facets from Solr 5.x

Using with Leaflet

// Create a SolrHeatmap layer and add it to the map
var solr = L.solrHeatmap('http://127.0.0.1:8983/solr/gettingstarted', {
  // Solr field with geospatial data (should be type Spatial Recursive Prefix Tree)
  field: 'loc_srpt',

  // Set type of visualization. Allowed types: 'geojsonGrid', 'clusters'
  // Note: 'clusters' requires LeafletMarkerClusterer
  type: 'geojsonGrid'
}).addTo(map);

Option	Type	Default	Description
field	String	null	Required. Solr field with geospatial data (should be type Spatial Recursive Prefix Tree)
type	String	'geojsonGrid'	Type of visualization. Accepts geojsonGrid, clusters and heatmap
solrRequestHandler	String	'select'	Request handler for Solr
colors	Array	['#f1eef6', '#d7b5d8', '#df65b0', '#dd1c77', '#980043']	Colors for heatmap. Array can be of any length.
maxSampleSize	Number	Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER	For improved performance, run Jenks classification on only a sample of Solr counts. Default value turns off sampling. Typical value is 400.
queryAdapter	String	default	A query adapter used to connect to a Solr interface. Useful for querying applications that may proxy through Solr.
queryRadius	Number	40	Radius (in pixels) used for querying nearby data

Events

L.SolrHeatmap layers fire all of the typical events from Leaflet. Additional events include:

Event	Data	Description
dataAdded	Object	fires when data is added to the map. Returns an object which is the JSON response from the Solr server

Running locally

Install Dependencies

# Install JavaScript depencencies
$ npm install

# Install local solr
$ gem install solr_wrapper

Run Solr

$ solr_wrapper

Index fixture data

$ npm run index

Start local server

npm run start

View the example at http://127.0.0.1:8000/example/

Adapting to different API interfaces

Leaflet Solr Heatmap uses an abstracted query adapater, that can be used to query API's besides the default Solr API. This has been used in Blacklight Heatmaps. Adapters can be added to the L.SolrHeatmapQueryAdapters object and then selected using the L.solrHeatmap options instantiation. Query adapters need to implment the following methods:

Method | Returns | Purpose ajaxOptions | Object | Merged options object that defines $.ajax url and settings. responseFormatter | Object | A way to access a custom API resposne formatter. Should return an Object that behaves as the Solr Facet Heatmap JSON response (or just passes it through).