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Leaflet vs Here Maps: What are the differences?
Developers describe Leaflet as "JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps". 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. On the other hand, Here Maps is detailed as "An app that makes city navigation effortless whether you need a taxi, public transportation or drive on your own". The Open Location Platform company, enables people, businesses and cities to harness the power of location.
Leaflet and Here Maps belong to "Mapping APIs" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by Leaflet are:
- Tile layers
- Drag panning with inertia
- Scroll wheel zoom
On the other hand, Here Maps provides the following key features:
- Advertising Data Services
- Tracking & Positioning
- HERE HD Live Map
Leaflet is an open source tool with 25.6K GitHub stars and 4.17K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Leaflet's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Leaflet has a broader approval, being mentioned in 611 company stacks & 252 developers stacks; compared to Here Maps, which is listed in 3 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.
Pros of Here Maps
Pros of Leaflet
- Light weight32
- Free28
- Evolutive via plugins12
- OpenStreetMap10
- Strong community9
- Choice of map providers7
- Easy API6
- Alternative to Google Maps3
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