svgMap
svgMap is a JavaScript library that lets you easily create an interactable world map comparing customizable data for each country.
Live demo: https://stephanwagner.me/create-world-map-charts-with-svgmap#svgMapDemoGDP
Install
ES6
npm install --save svgmap
import svgMap from 'svgmap';
import 'svgmap/dist/svgMap.min.css';
CDN
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/svg-pan-zoom.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/StephanWagner/[email protected]/dist/svgMap.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/StephanWagner/[email protected]/dist/svgMap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
Usage
Create an HTML element where to show your map, then use JavaScript to initialize:
<div id="svgMap"></div>
new svgMap({
targetElementID: 'svgMap',
data: {
data: {
gdp: {
name: 'GDP per capita',
format: '{0} USD',
thousandSeparator: ',',
thresholdMax: 50000,
thresholdMin: 1000
},
change: {
name: 'Change to year before',
format: '{0} %'
}
},
applyData: 'gdp',
values: {
AF: { gdp: 587, change: 4.73 },
AL: { gdp: 4583, change: 11.09 },
DZ: { gdp: 4293, change: 10.01 }
// ...
}
}
});
This example code creates a world map with the GDP per capita and its change to the previous year: https://stephanwagner.me/create-world-map-charts-with-svgmap#svgMapDemoGDP
Options
You can pass the following options into svgMap:
Option | Type | Default | |
---|---|---|---|
targetElementID |
string |
The ID of the element where the world map will render (Required) | |
minZoom |
float |
1 |
Minimal zoom level |
maxZoom |
float |
25 |
Maximal zoom level |
initialZoom |
float |
1.06 |
Initial zoom level |
initialPan |
object |
Initial pan on x and y axis (e.g. { x: 30, y: 60 } ) |
|
showContinentSelector |
boolean |
false |
Show continent selector |
zoomScaleSensitivity |
float |
0.2 |
Sensitivity when zooming |
showZoomReset |
boolean |
false |
Show zoom reset button |
mouseWheelZoomEnabled |
boolean |
true |
Enables or disables zooming with the scroll wheel |
mouseWheelZoomWithKey |
boolean |
false |
Allow zooming only when one of the following keys is pressed: SHIFT, CONTROL, ALT, COMMAND, OPTION |
mouseWheelKeyMessage |
string |
'Press the [ALT] key to zoom' |
The message when trying to scroll without a key |
mouseWheelKeyMessageMac |
string |
Press the [COMMAND] key to zoom |
The message when trying to scroll without a key on MacOS |
colorMax |
string |
'#CC0033' |
Color for highest value |
colorMin |
string |
'#FFE5D9' |
Color for lowest value |
colorNoData |
string |
'#E2E2E2' |
Color when there is no data |
flagType |
'image' , 'emoji' |
'image' |
The type of the flag in the tooltip |
flagURL |
string |
The URL to the flags when using flag type 'image' . The placeholder {0} will get replaced with the lowercase ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Default: 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/hjnilsson/country-flags@latest/svg/{0}.svg' |
|
hideFlag |
boolean |
false |
Hide the flag in tooltips |
noDataText |
string |
'No data available' |
The text to be shown when no data is present |
touchLink |
boolean |
false |
Set to true to open the link (see data.values.link ) on mobile devices, by default the tooltip will be shown |
onGetTooltip |
function |
Called when a tooltip is created to custimize the tooltip content (function (tooltipDiv, countryID, countryValues) { return 'Custom HTML'; } ) |
|
countries |
object |
Additional options specific to countries: | |
   ↳ EH |
boolean |
true |
When set to false , Western Sahara (EH) will be combined with Morocco (MA) |
   ↳ Crimea |
'UA' , 'RU' |
'UA' |
Crimea: Set to 'RU' to make the Crimea part of Russia, by default it is part of the Ukraine |
data |
object |
The chart data to use for coloring and to show in the tooltip. Use a unique data-id as key and provide following options as value: | |
   ↳ name |
string |
The name of the data, it will be shown in the tooltip | |
   ↳ format |
string |
The format for the data value, {0} will be replaced with the actual value |
|
   ↳ thousandSeparator |
string |
',' |
The character to use as thousand separator |
   ↳ thresholdMax |
number |
null |
Maximal value to use for coloring calculations |
   ↳ thresholdMin |
number |
0 |
Minimum value to use for coloring calculations |
   ↳ applyData |
string |
The ID (key) of the data that will be used for coloring | |
   ↳ values |
object |
An object with the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code as key and the chart data for each country as value | |
        ↳ color |
string |
Forces a color for this country | |
        ↳ link |
string |
An URL to redirect to when clicking the country | |
        ↳ linkTarget |
string |
The target of the link. By default the link will be opened in the same tab. Use '_blank' to open the link in a new tab |
|
countryNames |
object |
An object with the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code as key and the country name as value |
Localize
Use the option countryNames
to translate country names. In the folder demo/html/local
or demo/es6/local
you can find translations in following languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Urdu.
To create your own translations, check out country-list by Saša Stamenković.
Attribution
If you need more detailed maps or more options for your data, there is a great open source project called datawrapper out there, with a lot more power than svgMap.
svgMap uses svg-pan-zoom by Anders Riutta (now maintained by bumpu).
The country flag images are from country-flags by Hampus Joakim Borgos.
Most data in the demos was taken from Wikipedia.