mapbox.js VS polymaps

Compare mapbox.js vs polymaps and see what are their differences.

mapbox.js

Mapbox JavaScript API, a Leaflet Plugin (by mapbox)

polymaps

Polymaps is a free JavaScript library for making dynamic, interactive maps in modern web browsers. (by simplegeo)
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mapbox.js polymaps
- 2
1,910 1,596
- 0.2%
5.1 0.0
3 days ago 9 months ago
HTML JavaScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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mapbox.js

Posts with mentions or reviews of mapbox.js. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning mapbox.js yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

polymaps

Posts with mentions or reviews of polymaps. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2020-09-06.
  • Polymaps
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Apr 2021
  • Top Javascript Maps API and Libraries
    9 projects | dev.to | 6 Sep 2020
    Web-site: http://polymaps.org/ GitHub stars: 1.6k, https://github.com/simplegeo/polymaps Pricing: Free Map Data Source: OSM, Bing Dependencies: None License: SimpleGeo and Stamen copyright Category: Library Examples: http://polymaps.org/ex/

What are some alternatives?

When comparing mapbox.js and polymaps you can also consider the following projects:

Leaflet - πŸƒ JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

Cesium - An open-source JavaScript library for world-class 3D globes and maps :earth_americas:

OpenLayers3 - OpenLayers

kartograph.js - UNMAINTAINED Open source JavaScript renderer for Kartograph SVG maps

gmaps - the easiest way to use Google Maps

jqvmap - jQuery Vector Map Library

h3 - Hexagonal hierarchical geospatial indexing system

VTS Browser JS - JavaScript WebGL 3D map rendering engine