Leaflet Underneath

Check out the demo

With a normal tile layer, the user can't interact to find out more about a location, since it is a static image. With this plugin, you can find out what features are underneath the current mouse position, for example when the user clicks the map.

This is done using Mapbox Vector Tiles, that are queried for features in a way that is both fast and reasonably bandwidth efficient.

Leaflet 1.0 compatibility

Version 3.0 and up of Leaflet Underneath is only compatible with Leaflet 1.0; earlier versions only work with Leaflet 0.7.

Using

Download the code. Include the pre-built Leaflet Underneath script in your project:

    <script src="leaflet-underneath/dist/leaflet-underneath.js"></script>

or, even better, use Browserify or similar and install from npm:

npm install --save leaflet-underneath

var L = require('leaflet');
require('leaflet-underneath');

// Leaflet Underneath will be available as L.underneath

For a complete example on how to use Leaflet Underneath, see basic Leaflet Underneath example.

API

L.Underneath

Leaflet Underneath can be queried for features from a location.

Creation

Factory | Description ---------------------|----------------------------- L.underneath(<String> tileUrl, <Map> map, <UnderneathOptions`> options?) | Instantiates a new Leaflet Underneath layer

Options

Option | Type | Default | Description -----------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------------------- minZoom | Number | 0 | Minimum zoom level in the tile set maxZoom | Number | 22 | Maximum zoom level in the tile set subdomains | Array | ['a', 'b', 'c'] | Available subdomains layers | String[] | [] | Names of layers to include in search defaultRadius | Number | 20 | Default number of pixels search radius featureId | Function | | Function that returns a unique feature id; used to filter out duplicates. Default returns a features osm_idproperty zoomIn | Number | 0 | Zoom in relative to the map's current zoom level when making a query; used to get more or less detailed results than current zoom would give joinFeatures | Boolean | false | For features with same id, should geometries be joined (true), or should they be ignored (false)

Methods

Method | Returns | Description --------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------- query(<L.LatLng> latLng, <Function> callback, <Object> context, <QueryOptions> options?)|this| Asynchronously queries for features nearlatLng; callbackwill be called with features withinradius` pixels of the coordinate

QueryOptions

Option | Type | Default | Description -----------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------------------- radius | Number | Take from layer options | Number of pixels search radius onlyInside | Boolean | false | Only return features (polygons) that the queried location is inside