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Leaflet.js Essentials

Leaflet.js Essentials

By : Paul Crickard III
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Leaflet.js Essentials

Leaflet.js Essentials

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By: Paul Crickard III
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Overview of this book

If you are a web developer working with geospatial concepts and mapping APIs, and you want to learn Leaflet to create mapping solutions, this book is for you. You need to have a basic knowledge of working with JavaScript and performing web application development.
Table of Contents (8 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Creating Maps with Leaflet
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1. Creating Maps with Leaflet
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Creating a simple basemap
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Tile layer providers
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Adding a Web Mapping Service tile layer
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Multiple tile layers
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Adding data to your map
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Rectangles and circles
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MultiPolylines and MultiPolygons
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Groups of layers
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Pop ups
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Mobile mapping
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Events and event handlers
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Summary
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2. Mapping GeoJSON Data
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2. Mapping GeoJSON Data
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Understanding the roots of GeoJSON
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Exploring GeoJSON
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GeoJSON in Leaflet.js
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Summary
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3. Creating Heatmaps and Choropleth Maps
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3. Creating Heatmaps and Choropleth Maps
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What is a heatmap?
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Heatmaps with Leaflet.heat
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Creating heatmaps with heatmap.js
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Creating an interactive heatmap
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Animating a heatmap
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Creating a choropleth map with Leaflet
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Creating a normalized choropleth map
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4. Creating Custom Markers
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4. Creating Custom Markers
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Creating a custom marker
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Using a custom marker in Leaflet
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Using predefined markers with plugins
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Clustering markers with Leaflet.markercluster
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Animating markers with plugins
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Using markers for data visualization
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5. ESRI in Leaflet
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5. ESRI in Leaflet
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ESRI basemaps
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Using shapefiles in Leaflet
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Consuming ESRI services
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Heatmaps with ESRI in Leaflet
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Geocoding addresses in Leaflet
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Query by attribute
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Query by proximity
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6. Leaflet in Node.js, Python, and C#
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6. Leaflet in Node.js, Python, and C#
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Building Leaflet applications with Node.js
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Leaflet with Python and CherryPy
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Desktop applications in C# with Leaflet
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Creating a custom marker

In Leaflet, a marker is made from two images: an image that represents the marker and a second image that serves as the shadow to create depth. When you download Leaflet, there is an images folder. This folder contains the default marker: the blue pin that you have seen in your maps and a small shadow image. The images are named marker-icon.png and marker-shadow.png. The default marker and shadow are shown in the following screenshots:

Creating a custom marker
Creating a custom marker

Preparing your workspace in GIMP

To create your own custom marker, you will need to draw an image in a painting application. In this example, you will use the free GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). GIMP is a powerful imaging program that is similar to Adobe Photoshop which runs on most operating systems and is completely free. To download GIMP, go to http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ and click on Download GIMP 2.8.10.

Note

You do not need to select a 32- or 64-bit version. GIMP includes both and will determine the appropriate version...

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