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Leaflet is a widely used open-source JavaScript library that helps you create mobile-friendly interactive maps. It provides features that allow users to embed maps into web pages, add various types of layers, markers, popups, and handle user interactions with the map.
Map Initialization
This code initializes a new map in the 'mapid' HTML element and sets the view to a specific latitude and longitude and a zoom level.
var map = L.map('mapid').setView([51.505, -0.09], 13);
Tile Layer
This code adds a tile layer to the map using OpenStreetMap tiles. It sets the maximum zoom level and adds attribution text.
L.tileLayer('https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png', {
maxZoom: 19,
attribution: '© OpenStreetMap contributors'
}).addTo(map);
Markers
This code places a marker on the map at the specified latitude and longitude.
var marker = L.marker([51.5, -0.09]).addTo(map);
Popups
This code binds a popup with some HTML content to the previously created marker and opens it.
marker.bindPopup('<b>Hello world!</b><br>I am a popup.').openPopup();
GeoJSON
This code adds a GeoJSON layer to the map. The 'geojsonData' variable should contain valid GeoJSON.
L.geoJSON(geojsonData).addTo(map);
OpenLayers is an open-source JavaScript library for displaying map data in web browsers. It provides a similar range of features to Leaflet, but it is known for being more feature-rich and customizable, which can make it more complex to use.
Mapbox GL JS is a JavaScript library that uses WebGL to render interactive maps from vector tiles and Mapbox styles. It is known for its smooth rendering capabilities and is suitable for applications that require more advanced visual effects and functionalities.
This package is a wrapper around the Google Maps API for use within React applications. It allows for the integration of Google Maps features, but it requires an API key and is not open-source like Leaflet.
Leaflet is the leading open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. Weighing just about 37 KB of gzipped JS code, it has all the mapping features most developers ever need.
Leaflet is designed with simplicity, performance and usability in mind. It works efficiently across all major desktop and mobile platforms out of the box, taking advantage of HTML5 and CSS3 on modern browsers while being accessible on older ones too. It can be extended with a huge amount of plugins, has a beautiful, easy to use and well-documented API and a simple, readable source code that is a joy to contribute to.
For more info, docs and tutorials, check out the official website.
For Leaflet downloads (including the built master version), check out the download page.
We're happy to meet new contributors. If you want to get involved with Leaflet development, check out the contribution guide. Let's make the best mapping library that will ever exist, and push the limits of what's possible with online maps!
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JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps
We found that leaflet demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 5 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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