mapbox-gl-js VS OpenLayers3

It originated as an open-source fork of Mapbox-gl-js before they switched to a non-open-source license on 8th December 2020.

> too bad it doesn't come with some code

Mapbox changed the license of their code last year I think to a proprietary one. https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js/blob/main/LICENSE.txt

It requires a mapbox user license with billing enabled to use this code, let alone make modifications. But the source is viewable on github.

From https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js

> Mapbox gl-js version 2.0 or higher (“Mapbox Web SDK”) must be used according to the Mapbox Terms of Service. This license allows developers with a current active Mapbox account to use and modify the Mapbox Web SDK. Developers may modify the Mapbox Web SDK code so long as the modifications do not change or interfere with marked portions of the code related to billing, accounting, and anonymized data collection. The Mapbox Web SDK only sends anonymized usage data, which Mapbox uses for fixing bugs and errors, accounting, and generating aggregated anonymized statistics. This license terminates automatically if a user no longer has an active Mapbox account.

Seems their client code does some things related to "billing, accounting, and anonymized data collection" and they don't want programmers to disable or modify that code.

Is that right? Anyone who has followed this have more information? I haven't used mapbox in a few years but I think it's great technology.

The software stopped being open source from v2 onwards. The new licence makes it merely shared source.

This GitHub issue where this change is announced provides a number of more in-depth explanations why this is a bad thing for most users of the software: https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js/issues/10162

It's a bummer mapbox isn't open source anymore, now you're (and lots of other peoplare) are stuck pre-2.0.0 :(

https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js/blob/main/CHANGELOG.m...

Web-site: https://www.mapbox.com/ GitHub stars: 6.1k, https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js Pricing: Free, starts from $2.40 for 1000 loads Map Data Source: Mapbox Dependencies: None License: Mapbox copyright Category: Web Application Examples: https://docs.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/examples/

Sticking with the roofing theme, you could make an application that shows shingle delivery truck drivers their stops on a map. It would be cool if the user could click on the stop and move it through varying statuses such as pending, en-route, completed or canceled, view the items in the order, and have it send your user a message when the statuses change. It might also be kinda cool if you could allow the delivery driver to start their shift, break for lunch, and end their day. You could have manager users that could log into your site too and export the timesheets for all or a subset of the drivers. You could even use something like d3.js or chart.js to give the managers insights into driver productivity. Some of the data may have to be mocked but it could be a fun project. After a brief search I found this https://openlayers.org open source js map library that could be cool to work with. In the past I have worked with the google maps api which wasn’t terrible. Make sure to set up some testing and a CI/CD pipeline. While not strictly required I think it would go along way to demonstrate that you are well rounded and will prepare you for working with them in the industry.

I will build a location-based application using and comparing three open-source map libraries: MapLibre GL JS, OpenLayers, and Leaflet.

Seems like MapTiler is maintaining an open source full stack vector alternative, and OpenLayers[0] looks good as well, so maybe it's time for legacy libraries to add vector support, or for users to switch libraries? There's even bindings from Maplibre GL to Leaflet [1].

I at least would find it interesting to see the two compared by someone other than me ;).

[0] https://openlayers.org/

[1] https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-gl-leaflet

If you decide to go the web based route; openlayers is a pretty solid library for doing maps on the web and has support for building custom controls like the route toggle you describe.

References Amazon Location Service Turf.js MapLibre GL JS Leaflet OpenLayers Cesium Mapbox GL JS

There's libraries to serve images google-maps style , like leaflet, openlayers, OpenSeadragon to name just a few. They aren't as smooth as the video you show, and you have to prepare the images.

We're looking to expand our team that develops the National Park Service web maps. We have some big upgrades planned, and we need someone who can help with JavaScript/TypeScript, Leaflet/Mapbox-gl-js/Maplibre-gl-js/OpenLayers, and other cool FOSS4G tools. We are fully remote, but USA only.

I like openlayer. I think a lot of web mapping libraries are aimed at front end web devs and so a lot of concepts are simplified or just different.

import type OlMap from 'ol/Map' import type { PopupPlugin } from '../types' type Params = { map: OlMap /** * The container that must always be available to allow the map rendered in the popup to * immediately switch back to the main window when the popup close. Theoretically, this is not * necessary since OL already answered to this issue https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/issues/13525 * but the mentioned solution sometimes does not work for the markers (but always works for the * other layers). The bug happens in our own code since in this CodeSandbox * https://codesandbox.io/s/external-map-bug-markers-jew6cd?file=/main.js:2021-2043 * you can see that both the standard layers and the marker one always work. */ mainWindowTemporaryContainerId: string } /** * Create a popup plugin that works around the map limitations when being moved to a popup. */ export function createMapPopupPlugin(params: Params) { const { map, mainWindowTemporaryContainerId } = params const plugin: PopupPlugin = { // -------------------------------------------------- // POPUP CLOSE // -------------------------------------------------- onClose: () => { const currentTarget = map.getTarget() // The map is not mounted yet if (!currentTarget) return // With the introduction of the Extracted Map, the map's target could not be a string anymore. if (typeof currentTarget === 'string') return const mainWindowTemporaryContainer = getMainWindowTemporaryContainer( mainWindowTemporaryContainerId, ) const mapWasInPopup = currentTarget.ownerDocument.defaultView !== window if (!mapWasInPopup) return // Immediately set the map target to a temporary container of the main window to avoid render // errors with the map layers. // ATTENTION: setting the target to a main window element must be performed synchronously whrn // the popup closes! map.setTarget(mainWindowTemporaryContainer) }, } return { plugin } } function getMainWindowTemporaryContainer(id: string) { const container = document.getElementById(id) // Prompt the developer in case of missing temporary container if (!container) { throw new Error('No temporary map container available') } return container }