react-map-gl

What is react-map-gl?

react-map-gl is a React wrapper for Mapbox GL JS, which is a powerful library for interactive, customizable maps. It allows developers to integrate Mapbox maps into their React applications with ease, providing a range of features for map rendering, user interaction, and data visualization.

What are react-map-gl's main functionalities?

Basic Map Rendering

This code demonstrates how to render a basic map using react-map-gl. It sets up a map centered on a specific latitude and longitude with a given zoom level. The map style is set to 'streets-v11' from Mapbox, and the viewport state is managed to allow for user interaction.

```jsx
import React from 'react';
import ReactMapGL from 'react-map-gl';

const Map = () => {
  const [viewport, setViewport] = React.useState({
    latitude: 37.7577,
    longitude: -122.4376,
    zoom: 8
  });

  return (
    <ReactMapGL
      {...viewport}
      width="100%"
      height="100%"
      mapStyle="mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11"
      onViewportChange={nextViewport => setViewport(nextViewport)}
      mapboxApiAccessToken={process.env.REACT_APP_MAPBOX_TOKEN}
    />
  );
};

export default Map;
```

Adding Markers

This code sample shows how to add a marker to the map. The Marker component is used to place a marker at a specific latitude and longitude. In this example, a simple red dot is used as the marker.

```jsx
import React from 'react';
import ReactMapGL, { Marker } from 'react-map-gl';

const MapWithMarkers = () => {
  const [viewport, setViewport] = React.useState({
    latitude: 37.7577,
    longitude: -122.4376,
    zoom: 8
  });

  return (
    <ReactMapGL
      {...viewport}
      width="100%"
      height="100%"
      mapStyle="mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11"
      onViewportChange={nextViewport => setViewport(nextViewport)}
      mapboxApiAccessToken={process.env.REACT_APP_MAPBOX_TOKEN}
    >
      <Marker latitude={37.7577} longitude={-122.4376}>
        <div style={{ backgroundColor: 'red', width: '10px', height: '10px', borderRadius: '50%' }} />
      </Marker>
    </ReactMapGL>
  );
};

export default MapWithMarkers;
```

Handling Map Events

This example demonstrates how to handle map events, such as clicks. The handleClick function is triggered when the map is clicked, displaying an alert with the coordinates of the click.

```jsx
import React from 'react';
import ReactMapGL from 'react-map-gl';

const MapWithEvents = () => {
  const [viewport, setViewport] = React.useState({
    latitude: 37.7577,
    longitude: -122.4376,
    zoom: 8
  });

  const handleClick = (event) => {
    alert(`Clicked at ${event.lngLat}`);
  };

  return (
    <ReactMapGL
      {...viewport}
      width="100%"
      height="100%"
      mapStyle="mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11"
      onViewportChange={nextViewport => setViewport(nextViewport)}
      mapboxApiAccessToken={process.env.REACT_APP_MAPBOX_TOKEN}
      onClick={handleClick}
    />
  );
};

export default MapWithEvents;
```

Other packages similar to react-map-gl

leaflet

Leaflet is a popular open-source JavaScript library for interactive maps. It is lightweight and easy to use, with a wide range of plugins available for additional functionality. Compared to react-map-gl, Leaflet is more lightweight but may not offer the same level of performance and customization as Mapbox GL JS.

google-maps-react

google-maps-react is a library for integrating Google Maps into React applications. It provides a set of React components for Google Maps, allowing for easy map rendering and interaction. While it offers robust features and the reliability of Google Maps, it may not provide the same level of customization and styling options as react-map-gl.

react-leaflet

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README

react-map-gl | Docs

react-map-gl is a suite of React components designed to provide a React API for mapbox-gl or maplibre-gl. More information in the online documentation.

See our Design Philosophy.

Installation

Using react-map-gl requires react >= 16.3.

# Using Maplibre
npm install react-map-gl maplibre-gl

or

# Using Mapbox
npm install react-map-gl mapbox-gl

Example

// Using Maplibre
import * as React from 'react';
import Map from 'react-map-gl/maplibre';

function App() {
  return (
    <Map
      initialViewState={{
        longitude: -122.4,
        latitude: 37.8,
        zoom: 14
      }}
      style={{width: 600, height: 400}}
      mapStyle="https://api.maptiler.com/maps/streets/style.json?key=<Maptiler access token>"
    />
  );
}

or

// Using Mapbox
import * as React from 'react';
import Map from 'react-map-gl';

function App() {
  return (
    <Map
      mapboxAccessToken="<Mapbox access token>"
      initialViewState={{
        longitude: -100,
        latitude: 40,
        zoom: 3.5
      }}
      style={{width: 600, height: 400}}
      mapStyle="mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v9"
    />
  );
}

Learn more with in our Getting Started guide.

Using Mapbox Tokens

Starting with v2.0, mapbox-gl requires a Mapbox token for any usage, with or without the Mapbox data service. See about Mapbox tokens for your options.

To show maps from a service such as Mapbox you will need to register on their website in order to retrieve an access token required by the map component, which will be used to identify you and start serving up map tiles. The service will be free until a certain level of traffic is exceeded.

There are several ways to provide a token to your app, as showcased in some of the example folders:

• Provide a mapboxAccessToken prop to the map component
• Set the MapboxAccessToken environment variable (or set REACT_APP_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN if you are using Create React App)
• Provide it in the URL, e.g ?access_token=TOKEN

Contribute

See contribution guide.

Attributions

react-map-gl is part of vis.gl, an OpenJS Foundation project.

Development is also supported by