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Leaflet vs Valhalla: What are the differences?
Leaflet: 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; Valhalla: *An open source routing engine *. Valhalla is Mapzen’s open-source routing service for client-side routing applications and hosted solutions. If you are looking to avoid the challenge of data creation and database administration, you can get high-quality routes and navigational guidance with clear directions through a simple API call.
Leaflet and Valhalla can be categorized as "Mapping APIs" tools.
Leaflet is an open source tool with 25.2K GitHub stars and 4.1K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Leaflet's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Leaflet
- Light weight33
- Free28
- Evolutive via plugins12
- OpenStreetMap10
- Strong community9
- Choice of map providers7
- Easy API6
- Alternative to Google Maps3
Pros of Valhalla
- Open source3
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