Leaflet
geethuth
Aug 15, 2019
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CommentsWhat is Leaflet?
Leaflet is an open source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. It is developed by Vladimir Agafonkin of MapBox with a team of dedicated contributors. Weighing just about 30 KB of gzipped JS code, it has all the features most developers ever need for online maps.
Leaflet is a tool in the API Tools category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Tile layersDrag panning with inertiaScroll wheel zoomMulti-touch zoomZoom animationHardware acceleration on iOSSmart polyline/polygon rendering
Leaflet Pros & Cons
Pros of Leaflet
- ✓Light weight
- ✓Free
- ✓Evolutive via plugins
- ✓OpenStreetMap
- ✓Strong community
- ✓Choice of map providers
- ✓Easy API
- ✓Alternative to Google Maps
Cons of Leaflet
No cons listed yet.
Leaflet Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Leaflet?
Google Maps
Create rich applications and stunning visualisations of your data, leveraging the comprehensiveness, accuracy, and usability of Google Maps and a modern web platform that scales as you grow.
Mapbox
We make it possible to pin travel spots on Pinterest, find restaurants on Foursquare, and visualize data on GitHub.
OpenLayers
An opensource javascript library to load, display and render maps from multiple sources on web pages.
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world.
