What it it?

A small helper library that provides a tiny layer of abstraction above different map widget libraries. It supports Google Maps and Yandex Maps. It does not encapsulates any complex features, and only allows to embed a map and display some markers. But you can easily extend its classes and create anything you want using specific Google or Yandex api.

Installation

npm i --save zw-maps

Usage

const maps = require('zw-maps');

maps.MapFactory.init(maps.GoogleMap);

By default, all elements with class js-map are used as map roots. All classes can be changed with options object. Option object can have the following attributes: rootSelector, pointSelector, templateSelector, containerClass, initialZoom. The meaning of these properties is clear from names. Note that properties ending with selector are CSS selector as passed to querySelector method, but containerClass (which defaults to js-map__map) isn't a selector, but a class name. disableScrollZoom can be set to true (it is by default) to disable zooming a map with mouse wheel or to false to allow it. pointTemplates can be used to define templates without encoding them in HTML. This property' value should contain an array of PointTemplate objects (see below for info on templates). TypeScript definition of PointTemplate follows:

interface PointTemplate {
  name: string;
  imageUrl?: string;
  imageWidth?: number;
  imageHeight?: number;
  imageAnchorX?: number;
  imageAnchorY?: number;
}

The purpose of its attributes is clear from names.

You can have widgets from different map providers on same page. Use the following code:

map.MapFactory.init((root, options) => {
  if (root.hasAttribute('data-yandex')) {
    return new YandexMap(root, options);
  } else {
    return new GoogleMap(root, options);
  }
});

MapFactory.init(mapType, options)

Initialize all maps in the document. It is safe to call this function multiple times.

MapFactory.initMap(mapType, root, options)

Initialize a single map with given root.

Map.fromRoot(root)

Get map object for the DOM element. If no map object found, returns null.

map.panToPoint(pointName)

Call this function to pan the map to the point with given name.

HTML layout

To create a map widget, you should have the following block in your html file:

<div class="js-map">
  <ul class="js-map__points">
    <li class="js-map__point" data-lat="20.123" data-long="30.123" data-name="first point" data-title="Some place">Popup content</li>
    <li class="js-map__point" data-lat="20.123" data-long="33.123" data-name="second point" data-title="Some place">Popup content</li>
  </ul>
  <div class="js-map__map"></div>
</div>

Here, each .js-map block will become a container for a map. The map widget itself will be rooted under .js-map__map element. .js-map__point element describes which markers should be shown on the map. You do not need to wrap .js-map__point elements with .js-map__points, but it is convenient in many cases.

js-map

Root element. Can have data-lat and data-long attributes that define coordinates of initial map center, and data-zoom that defines its initial zoom level. If no initial center defined, the position of first placemark is used.

js-map__point

Elements with this class contain information about placemarks (in term of Yandex Maps API) or markers (in terms of Google Maps API). The only required attributes are data-lat and data-long, that describe respective coordinates. HTML content inside this element is used as content of a balloon (Yandex) or a InfoWindow (Google) — a small popup that opens when user clicks on a placemark.

data-name

The name for this placemark. Used to access placemark data and to identify them in some methods.

data-title

Placemark title. Usually is shown when mouse is hovered over a placemark.

data-template

Name of a template that should be used for creating the placemark.

js-map__map

The element with this class is replaces with map widget. You should not have more than one element with this class inside js-map. If no element with this class exists inside a js-map, a new one is created and appended to js-map (so you do not have to write it explicitly).

js-map-template

Templates are used to change marker properties. For example, you can have two types of markers: with red and green icons on the same map. To use a template, create a HTML element with class js-map-template inside js-map and add data-template attribute to points that should use this template. Attributes for js-map-template:

data-name

The only required attribute. Template name.

data-image-url

Icon to be used for marker.

data-image-width and data-image-height

Image size.

data-image-anchor-x and data-image-anchor-y

By default, icon is displayed with top-left corner positioned on a place where it belongs. To shift icon, use anchor (the position in the image at which to anchor the marker).

Styling

The library does not enforce any CSS styles for your blocks. So, for the map widget to show up, you should set size for .js-map__map element (do not forget that in most cases it has zero height by default).

.js-map__map {
  height: 200px;
}

Also, you may want to hide elements that provide data for map. So you can have the following styles:

.js-map__points {
  display: none;
}