sheetsee-maps

Sheetsee-maps

see: jlord.github.io/sheetsee.js

Sheetsee.js uses Mapbox.js and Leaflet.js to make maps of your points, polygons, lines or multipolygons (all coordinate based). Details on what that actually looks like here.

You'll create a placeholder <div> in your HTML, CSS giving it a size and fire up a map from within <script> tags. You can also customize your popup content.

Your HTML Placeholder <div>

Create an empty <div> in your HTML, with an id (name). Add CSS to give it dimensions

<div id="map"></div>

CSS

#map {width: 500px; height: 500px;}

Your <script> Functions

Next you'll need to create geoJSON out of your data so that it can be mapped.

Sheetsee.createGeoJSON(data, optionsJSON)

This takes in your data and the parts of your data, optionsJSON, that you plan on including in your map's popups. These will be column headers in your spreadsheet. If you're not going to have popups on your markers, don't worry about it then and just pass in your data (by default it will use all the row's information).

var optionsJSON = ["name", "breed", "cuddlability"]
var geoJSON = Sheetsee.createGeoJSON(gData, optionsJSON)

It will return an array in the special geoJSON format that map making things love.

[{
  "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [long, lat]},
  "properties": {
    "marker-size": "small",
    "marker-color": lineItem.hexcolor
  },
  "opts": {},
}}

Sheetsee.loadMap(mapDiv)

To create a simple map, with no data, you simply call .loadMap() and pass in a string of the mapDiv (with no '#') from your HTML.

var map = Sheetsee.loadMap("map")

Sheetsee.addTileLayer(map, tileLayer)

To add a tile layer (aka a custom map scheme/design/background) you'll use this function which takes in your map and the source of the tileLayer. This source can be a Mapbox id, a URL to a TileJSON or your own generated TileJSON. See Mapbox's Documentation for more information.

Sheetsee.addTileLayer(map, 'examples.map-20v6611k')

You can add tiles from awesome mapmakers like Stamen or create your own in Mapbox's Tilemill or online.

Sheetsee.addMarkerLayer(geoJSON, map)

To add makers, lines or shapes to your map, use this function and pass in your geoJSON so that it can get the coordinates and your map so that it places the markers there. You can customize what the content in your marker's popup looks like with a popupTemplate, which is an ICanHaz.js template in HTML and can reference the column headers you included in your optionsJSON.

var markerLayer = Sheetsee.addMarkerLayer(geoJSON, map, popupTemplate)

Example template:

var popupTemplate = "<h4>Hello {{name}}</h4>"

Source from the map demo:

<script type="text/javascript">
  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
    var gData
    var URL = "0Ao5u1U6KYND7dGN5QngweVJUWE16bTRob0d2a3dCbnc"
    Tabletop.init( { key: URL, callback: showInfo, simpleSheet: true } )
  })

  function showInfo(data) {
    gData = data
    var optionsJSON = ["placename", "photo-url"]
    var template = "<ul><li><a href='{{photo-url}}' target='_blank'>"
                 + "<img src='{{photo-url}}'></a></li>"
                 + "<li><h4>{{placename}}</h4></li></ul>"
    var geoJSON = Sheetsee.createGeoJSON(gData, optionsJSON)
    var map = Sheetsee.loadMap("map")
    Sheetsee.addTileLayer(map, 'examples.map-20v6611k')
    var markerLayer = Sheetsee.addMarkerLayer(geoJSON, map, template)
  }
</script>