Leaflet.ellipse

A basic ellipse type for Leaflet, a JS library for interactive maps. Allows specification of semi-major and semi-minor axis as well as a tilt degrees from west.

Supports Leaflet 1.0.0 or newer.

Supported browsers

• Internet Explorer 10+
• Google Chrome
• Safari
• Firefox 17+

Demo

A demo is available on the Github Pages webpage for Leaflet.ellipse here.

Usage

Include the ellipse javasript file:

<script src="l.ellipse.js"></script>

After instantiating the map create a new ellipse.

var ellipse = L.ellipse([51.5, -0.09], [500, 100], 90).addTo(map);

API

Factory method

L.ellipse( <LatLng> latlng, <Radii> radii, <Number> tilt, 
           <Path options> options? )

• latlng - The position of the center of the ellipse.
• radii - The semi-major and semi-minor axis in meters
• tilt - The rotation of the ellipse in degrees from west
• options - Options dictionary to pass to L.Path

License

This code is provided under the Apache 2.0 license.