react-mapbox-gl VS react-leaflet

This is a real concern. I've worked on some Yarn projects where I sometimes forget and accidentally run npm. Although these package managers (I'll call them PMs for short) are interoperable to some degree, there are important differences between these tools, so you should know what you're getting into. Even in seemingly simple projects, results can vary. Here are two reports of things working with one PM, but not another. Moreso, running install once is very different from continuous concurrent use, where you're adding and removing packages and more.

React Mapbox GL A decent library, but not recommended. The original library of Mapbox is well made with great examples, but the rewrite for React is not well maintained. It barely has any examples, and there are not that much resource online. The documentation is not adequate as well. Unless you're an advanced, skilled developer, not the best option.

react-mapbox-gl - ranks second in popularity, has an order of magnitude smaller bundle size and more concise and easy-to-understand api

React Leaflet because we’re using React and Leaflet is an open source mobile friendly maps library with lots of plugins

I found the React-leaflet npm. Is it compatible with React Native? or it's only built for React?

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Check out React Leaflet https://react-leaflet.js.org/

But in the case of React Leaflet, you may need to put in some more efforts.

You might wanna check out Leaflet (https://leafletjs.com/) which is a free, open-source library for interactive maps. Combine that with React-Leaflet (https://react-leaflet.js.org/) for seamless React integration. You can find Pond/Lake GeoJSON data at https://gis.mass.gov/ and load it into your map to make it interactive. Good luck!

Leaflet has many official and third party plugins and wrappers. Since we’re using React, we can use React Leaflet which provides components for rendering Leaflet maps in React.

Do you need to just make an image that looks like a map, or do you need to make an actual map (i.e. derived from spatial data)? I think leaflet is still the go to OSS webmap library, and will do hexbins. It has a react version.