LeafletJS: a JavaScript library for interactive maps
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HN comment orderI'm the original author of Leaflet, ask me anything! Very happy every time I see it shared on the HN frontpage. If you're curious about the story behind Leaflet and how and why it was born 10 years ago, here's a short 13-minute presentation on this: https://youtu.be/NLbyHffKQuU
Leaflet is an amazingly powerful tool. As others have mentioned, it makes it easy to use a variety of sources for the underlying map tiles; in my case I was able to replace the modern-day base map with a map of the Roman Empire for an interactive academic publication[1]. Another great feature that doesn't get as much attention is Leaflet's ability to handle non-geographic images. In the same publication I'm also using it as a general-purpose deep zoom viewer for…
OSM and Leaflet is enough for most use cases nowadays. A decade ago Google Maps was the only viable solution.
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- 698
- Total comments
- 159
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-24 | Leaflet: JS Library for Mobile-Friendly Maps | nacker_hews | 1 | 0 |
| 2013-10-03 | JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps | briangonzalez | 2 | 0 |
| 2013-12-26 | Leaflet - a JavaScript library for mobile-friendly maps | tantalor | 3 | 0 |
| 2016-12-03 | Leaflet: An open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive mapsFirst breakout | vmorgulis | 321 | 71 |
| 2021-01-29 | FOSS JavaScript Lib for mobile-friendly interactive maps | wrycoder | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-08-16 | LeafletJS: a JavaScript library for interactive mapsHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | x14km2d | 361 | 87 |
| 2022-11-11 | Leaflet – a JavaScript library for interactive maps | keewee7 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-04-09 | Leaflet: An open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps | doener | 4 | 0 |
| 2026-04-18 | Leaflet – a JavaScript library for interactive maps | mikhael | 1 | 0 |