maplibre/maplibre-gl-leaflet

This is a binding from MapLibre GL JS to the familiar Leaflet API. It was originally developed for Mapbox (https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-leaflet) and was migrated to MapLibre after Mapbox changed its license.

var map = L.map('map').setView([38.912753, -77.032194], 15);
L.marker([38.912753, -77.032194])
    .bindPopup("Hello <b>Leaflet GL</b>!<br>Whoa, it works!")
    .addTo(map)
    .openPopup();
var gl = L.maplibreGL({
    style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/bright-v8'
}).addTo(map);

Note that you can use any vector tile source useable by maplibre-gl. For instance, you can use OSM2VectorTiles with:

var gl = L.maplibreGL({
	style: 'https://api.maptiler.com/maps/topo/style.json?key=<YOUR_MAPTILER_API_KEY>'
}).addTo(map);

Once you have created the leaflet layer, the maplibre-gl map object can be accessed using

gl.getMaplibreMap()....
// add a source to the maplibre-gl layer
gl.getMaplibreMap().addSource({...})

Basic example

Cluster example

Map events example

Code for these examples is hosted in the examples folder

Add a script tag referencing maplibre-gl-leaflet after adding leaflet and maplibre-gl-js in your website:

<!-- Leaflet -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/leaflet.css" />
<script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/leaflet.js"></script>

<!-- Maplibre GL -->
<link href="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/maplibre-gl.css" rel='stylesheet' />
<script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/maplibre-gl.js"></script>

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@maplibre/[email protected]/leaflet-maplibre-gl.js"></script>

This project makes it possible to easily add a maplibre-gl-js layer in your Leaflet map. When using maplibre-gl-leaflet, you won't be able to use some of the maplibre-gl-js features. Here are the main differences between a "pure" maplibre-gl-js map and a Leaflet map using maplibre-gl-leaflet:

• No rotation / bearing / pitch support
• Slower performances: When using maplibre-gl-leaflet, maplibre-gl-js is set as not interactive. Leaflet receives the touch/mouse events and updates the maplibre-gl-js map behind the scenes. Because maplibre-gl-js doesn't redraw as fast as Leaflet, the map can seem slower.

On the bright side, the maplibre-gl-leaflet binding will allow you to use all the leaflet features and plugins.

If you only need the maplibre-gl-js features (adding a map with a mapbox-style, adding a GeoJSON, etc.), you are probably better off using it directly.

API Reference

Please use the issue tracker to report any bugs or file feature requests. You can fork this jsfiddle template to reproduce a bug, then share the URL of your fork in the GitHub issue.

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