miniCarto.js

MiniCarto is a mapping abstraction library, written according to gist.

Demo

MiniCarto has three goals:

• it takes configuration file with some properties and renders map and layers using one of popular mapping libraries. At demo page I switch between Leaflet and OpenLayers. The design of miniCarto is abstract enough to easy add new mapping libraries easy (e.g. Google Maps or d3.js).
• it handles map layers visibility using abstract TileLayer class (all layers in this demo are rendered as tiled layers)
• it updates sql attribute of CartoDB tiled layer and rerenders it.

To test library from console, I expose it at demo page into global namespace as window.miniCarto.

Installation

npm install minicarto

import miniCarto from 'minicarto';

miniCarto.init(...);

Usage

API reference

miniCarto

Method|Description ------|------- init(config Object, container HTML Element, library String)|Initializes miniCarto with params. Reads config file, then creates map with layers and draws them in container using library. Default library is 'leaflet'. setLibrary(String, 'leaflet' | 'openLayers')|Sets library, recreates map with layers and draws them.

miniCarto.map

Method|Description ------|------- addLayer(layer miniCarto.Layer)| Adds layer to the map. Inside adds library layer to library map. removeLayer(layer miniCarto.Layer)| Removes layer from the map. Inside removes library layer from the library map. hasLayer(layer miniCarto.Layer)| Checks if map has layer already.

miniCarto.map.layer

Method|Description ------|------- setVisibility(visible Boolean)| Handles layer visibility. update(options Object)| Updates layer with options. Inside requests layer data and redraws it.