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Geospatial resources for web development :earth_africa: 🗺️
https://github.com/joewdavies/awesome-frontend-gis

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  • 👨‍💻 JavaScript Libraries

    • Mapping

      • MapTalks.js - An open-source JavaScript library for integrated 2D/3D maps.
      • antvis L7 - Large-scale WebGL-powered Geospatial Data Visualization.
      • Tangram - WebGL map rendering engine for creative cartography.
      • TerriaJS - TerriaJS is a library for building rich, web-based geospatial data explorers.
      • gridviz - A package for visualizing gridded data.
      • Eurostat-map - Create and customise web maps showing Eurostat data using D3.js.
      • regl-map-animation - Animate x/y point data using regl and categorize them into a bar chart.
      • iTowns - A Three.js-based framework written in JavaScript/WebGL for visualizing 3D geospatial data.
      • d3-geo - A library for creating maps based on D3.js.
      • d3-geo-projection - Extended geographic projections.
      • d3-geo-voronoi - Voronoi diagrams and Delaunay triangulation for the sphere.
      • d3-inertia - An extension to d3-drag that continues the mouse movement with some inertia.
      • datamaps - Customizable map visualizations in one file.
      • react-simple-maps - An SVG mapping component library for React, built on top of d3-geo.
      • Wrld.js - Animated 3D city maps based on Leaflet.
      • Map Forecast API - Simple-to-use library based on Leaflet 1.4.x. It allows you to show wind maps.
      • Deck.GL - WebGL2 powered geospatial visualization layers.
      • Leaflet - The leading open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps.
      • OpenLayers - A high-performance, feature-packed library for creating interactive maps on the web.
      • Cesium.js - An open-source JavaScript library for world-class 3D mapping of geospatial data.
      • globe.gl - This library is a convenience wrapper around the three-globe plugin, and uses ThreeJS/WebGL for 3D rendering.
      • Google Maps - Google Maps API for JavaScript.
      • Mapbox GL JS - JavaScript library that uses WebGL to render interactive maps from vector tiles.
      • ArcGIS API for JS - A lightweight way to embed maps and tasks in web applications.
      • HERE maps API - Build web applications with feature-rich and customizable HERE maps.
      • ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript - Modern JavaScript API and web component library for building interactive web apps for the browser.
      • maplibre - It originated as an open-source fork of mapbox-gl-js, before their switch to a non-OSS license in December 2020.

    • Data Processing

      • geolib - Library to provide basic geospatial operations like distance calculation, conversion of decimal coordinates to sexagesimal, etc.
      • Turf.js - Turf is a JavaScript library for spatial analysis.
      • JSTS - JavaScript Topology Suite.
      • flatten-js - For manipulating geometrical shapes, finding intersections, checking inclusion, calculating distance, transformations and more.
      • flatbush - A really fast static spatial index for 2D points and rectangles in JavaScript.
      • rbush - RBush is a high-performance JavaScript library for 2D spatial indexing of points and rectangles.
      • Geometric.js - A JavaScript library for doing geometry.
      • Euclid.ts - 2D Euclidean geometry classes, utilities, and drawing tools.
      • Proj4js - Transform coordinates from one coordinate system to another, including datum transformations.
      • GeoTiff.js - Parse TIFF files for visualization or analysis.
      • Arc.js - Calculate great circles routes as lines in GeoJSON or WKT format.
      • topoJSON - Convert GeoJSON to TopoJSON for use in D3 maps.
      • d3-geo-polygon - Clipping and geometric operations for spherical polygons.
      • Wicket - A modest library for moving between Well-Known Text (WKT) and various framework geometries.
      • koop - Koop is a JavaScript toolkit for connecting incompatible spatial APIs.
      • spl.js - Makes it possible to use SpatiaLite functionality in JavaScript. Behind the scenes, a WebAssembly port of SpatiaLite is used.
      • geotoolbox - Provides several GIS operations for use with geojson properties. Useful for thematic cartography.
      • geoblaze - A blazing fast JavaScript raster processing engine. Using geoblaze, you can run computations ranging from basic statistics (min, max, mean, mode) to band arithmetic and histogram generation in either a web browser or a node application.
      • geopackage-js - The GeoPackage JavaScript library currently provides the ability to read GeoPackage files.
      • geojson-merge - Merge multiple GeoJSON files into one FeatureCollection.
      • Galton - Lightweight Node.js isochrone server. Build isochrones using OSRM, Turf and concaveman.
      • geojson-vt - A highly efficient JavaScript library for slicing GeoJSON data into vector tiles on the fly.
      • geobuf - Geobuf is a compact binary encoding for geographic data.
      • geoparquet - Encoding geospatial data in Apache Parquet.
      • statsbreaks - Split (classify/discretize) a quantitative dataset into a (k) number of classes or thematic categories. Useful for creating a choropleth map.
      • gdal3.js - Convert raster and vector geospatial data to various formats and coordinate systems entirely in the browser.
      • math.gl - JavaScript math library focused on Geospatial and 3D use cases.
      • awesome-GeoJSON - Catalogue of GeoJSON tools.
      • supercluster - A very fast JavaScript library for geospatial point clustering for browsers and Node.

    • LiDAR

      • Potree - WebGL point cloud viewer for large datasets.
      • Plasio - Drag-n-drop In-browser LAS/LAZ point cloud viewer.
      • Three.js - Point cloud data loader.
      • Potree & Cesium.js - Rezt, Austria LIDAR viewer.

    • Remote Sensing

      • sentinelhub-js - Download and process satellite imagery in JavaScript or TypeScript using Sentinel Hub services.
      • Sentinel Hub custom scripts - A repository of custom scripts to be used with Sentinel Hub.
      • EOSDIS Worldview - Interactive interface for browsing global, full-resolution satellite imagery.
      • Google Earth Engine - Geospatial processing service.
      • Spectral - Awesome Spectral Indices for the Google Earth Engine JavaScript API (Code Editor).

  • 💾 Data sources

    • Downloads

      • World Atlas TopoJSON - A convenient redistribution of Natural Earth's vector data as TopoJSON.
      • Ookla internet speed data - Provides global network performance metrics. Data is provided in both Shapefile format as well as Apache Parquet.
      • Copernicus global DEM - Global elevation tiles.
      • European population grids - GISCO - These datasets contain grid cells covering the European land territory, for various resolutions from 1km to 100km. Base statistics such as population figures are provided for these cells.
      • Healthcare Services in Europe - The locations of education services across Europe.
      • European Postcodes Point Data - The postal code point dataset shows the location of postal codes, NUTS codes and the Degree of Urbanisation classification across the EU, EFTA and candidate countries from a variety of sources.
      • Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - An international network and data infrastructure funded by the world's governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth.
      • OpenMapTiles - Free OpenStreetMap Vector Tiles.
      • OpenStreetMap - A free, world-wide geographic data set.
      • Natural Earth - Free vector and raster map data at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110m scales.
      • Copernicus global DEM - Global elevation tiles.
      • HydroSHEDS - Hydrographic information in a consistent and comprehensive format for regional and global-scale applications.
      • geoboundaries - The world's largest open, free and research-ready database of political administrative boundaries.
      • Global power plant database - A comprehensive, global, open source database of power plants.
      • European population grids - GISCO - These datasets contain grid cells covering the European land territory, for various resolutions from 1km to 100km. Base statistics such as population figures are provided for these cells.
      • Healthcare Services in Europe - The locations of healthcare services across Europe.
      • European Postcodes Point Data - The postal code point dataset shows the location of postal codes, NUTS codes and the Degree of Urbanisation classification across the EU, EFTA and candidate countries from a variety of sources.
      • WorldPop - Open access spatial demographic datasets built using transparent approaches.
      • World Bank - Free and open access to global development data.
      • USGS Earth Explorer - Query and order satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products through the U.S. Geological Survey.
      • Open Topography - OpenTopography facilitates community access to high-resolution, Earth science-oriented, topography data, and related tools and resources.
      • NASA Earth Observations - Here you can browse and download imagery of satellite data from NASA's constellation of Earth Observing System satellites.
      • Geodata.gov.gr - Open geospatial data for Greece.
      • ArcGIS Hub - Over 380,000 open datasets.
      • DIVA-GIS - Free spatial data. Includes country and global level boundaries, climate, species occurence, crop and elevation data.
      • OpenAerialMap - An open service to provide access to a commons of openly licensed imagery and map layer services.
      • Global Climate Monitor - Global open climate data available for download.
      • Galileo - Geospatial data discovery, download, and management platform.
      • ETOPO1 - 1 arc-minute global relief model of Earth's surface that integrates land topography and ocean bathymetry.

    • Web APIs

      • movebank-api - Movebank is a free, online database and research platform for animal tracking and other on-animal sensor data.
      • GISCO data distribution API - Official European Commission data source for administrative regions, Coastal lines, Communes, Countries, Local Administrative Units, NUTS, Urban Audit.
      • Address API - Pan-european address data. Supports geocoding, reverse-geocoding and lists of address components (e.g. all roads in a city).
      • USGS earthquake data - Allows custom searches for earthquake information using a variety of parameters.
      • Overpass API - Retrieve OpenStreetMap data.
      • REST countries - Get information about countries via a RESTful API.
      • OSMNames - The OSMNames open-source project provides raw place data in an easy-to-index form.
      • Open Notify - Get the current location of the International Space Station (ISS) and current number of people in space!
      • openrouteservice - Directions, Isochrones, Time-Distance Matrix, Pelias Geocoding, POIs, Elevation, Optimization.
      • GraphHopper Route Optimization API - Solves a variety of vehicle routing problems, including the classical “traveling salesman problem”.
      • Geoapify - Maps, address and location search, route optimization, reachability analysis, geodata access, and more.
      • OpenCage - Forward and reverse worldwide geocoding API using open data.
      • breezometer - API endpoints for Air Quality, Pollen, Weather, Wildfire, Cleanest Routes and Environmental Alerts. Serves current conditions, forecasts, and historical data.
      • IQAir - Air quality API. Global, historical, real-time and forecast air quality data.
      • ipfind - Geographic location of an IP address or any domain name along with some other useful information.
      • bng2latlong - Simple API to convert an OSGB36 easting and northing (British National Grid) to WGS84 latitude and longitude.
      • Open Postcode Geo API - British postcodes with easting, northing, latitude, and longitude.
      • Country State City API - Full Database of city state country available in JSON, SQL, XML, YAML & CSV format.
      • API Geo - Official French geographical data API.
      • geonames - Supports placename lookup, postal Code Search, reverse geocoding, nearby populated place and nearby toponym searches.
      • opentopodata API - Open Topo Data is a REST API server for your elevation data.
      • what3words - Convert 3 word addresses to coordinates and vice versa.
      • TomTom - Charging stations, fuel prices, routing, geocoding, parking availability, traffic and waypoint optimization endpoints.
      • Open Charge Map API - Non-commercial, non-profit global public registry of electric vehicle charging locations.
      • OpenSky API - Retrieve live airspace information for research and non-commerical purposes.
      • Open-Meteo - Global weather forecast API for non-commercial use.
      • RainViewer - Free weather API. Offers the past (2 hours) and forecast (30 minutes) weather radar data and the past infrared satellite data.
      • Sunrise and sunset - Sunset and sunrise times for a given latitude and longitude.
      • Geocode.xyz - Reverse Geocoding, Forward Geocoding, Geoparsing API. Free requests throttled at 1 request per second.

    • Collections

      • Free GIS data - Links to over 500 sites providing freely available geographic datasets.
      • awesome-public-datasets - An awesome repository full of open datasets from an abundance of different categories.
      • WRI - World resources institute.

  • :world_map: Web maps

  • 🌐 Web apps

    • Advanced

      • city roads - Render every single road in any city at once.
      • Datawrapper - Create charts, maps, and tables.
      • Maputnik - A free and open visual editor for the Mapbox GL styles targeted at developers and map designers.
      • Fantasy Map Generator - Free web application that helps fantasy writers, game masters, and cartographers create and edit fantasy maps.
      • uMap - Lets you create a map with OpenStreetMap layers and embed it in your site.
      • Peak Map - Allows you to visualize elevation of any area on the map with filled area charts (also known as a ridgeline).
      • mapus - Mapus is a tool to explore and annotate collaboratively on a map.
      • Kepler - A powerful open source geospatial analysis tool for large-scale data sets.
      • mapshaper - Online editor for map data.
      • geotiff.io - GeoTIFF.io provides quick access to easy-to-use raster processing.
      • IMAGE - An easy-to-use tool for generating thematic maps.
      • magrit - Magrit is an online application for thematic mapping (cartography).
      • StoryMap JS - The Open source alternative to ESRI's Story map application.
      • MapOnShirt - A fun tool for creating colorful designs from maps and turning them into T-shirts, Posters, Cushions and more.
      • TopoExport - Export 2D contour lines and 3D topography using reliable open-source datasets.

  • 🎨 Colour advice

    • Advanced

      • Chroma.js Color Palette Helper - This chroma.js-powered tool is here to help us mastering multi-hued, multi-stops color scales.
      • Dicopal.js - Discrete color palettes (hundreds of them!) for JavaScript.
      • Textures.js - JavaScript library for creating SVG patterns. Made on top of d3.js, it is designed for data visualization. Textures are useful for the
      • CartoColor - A set of custom color palettes built on top of well-known standards for color use on maps.
      • ColorBrewer - Colour advice for maps, based on the research of Dr. Cynthia Brewer.
      • viz-palette - This project is optimized for tweaking, copying, and pasting colors in and out of JavaScript.

  • 📍 Icons

    • Advanced

      • font-GIS - A very very cool icon font set for use with GIS and spatial analysis tools.
      • Map Icons Collection - A set of more than 1000 free and customizable icons to use as placemarks for your POI (Point of Interests) locations on your maps.
      • Material Symbols - Over 2,990 glyphs in a single font file with a wide range of design variants.
      • Geoapify map marker playground - The Marker Icon API lets you create beautiful icons and use them as Map Markers.

  • 📚 Further reading

  • 📒 Notebooks

  • 📺 Videos

  • Contributing

Programming Languages
JavaScript 49 TypeScript 12 Python 2 CSS 1 HTML 1 Jupyter Notebook 1 Shell 1
Categories
👨‍💻 JavaScript Libraries 65 💾 Data sources 61 📒 Notebooks 22 🌐 Web apps 15 🎨 Colour advice 6 :world_map: Web maps 6 📺 Videos 4 📍 Icons 4 📚 Further reading 4 Contributing 1
Sub Categories
Advanced 50 Downloads 29 Web APIs 29 Data Processing 29 Mapping 27 Intermediate 7 Remote Sensing 5 Beginner 5 LiDAR 4 Collections 3
Keywords
javascript 14 gis 12 map 10 webgl 9 geospatial 9 maps 7 leaflet 6 visualization 6 geojson 6 svg 5 cartography 5 mapping 5 data-visualization 4 d3 4 nodejs 4 algorithm 3 leafletjs 3 computational-geometry 3 vector-tiles 3 geometry 3 maplibre 2 maplibre-gl-js 2 satellite-imagery 2 geo 2 remote-sensing 2 javascript-library 2 generator 2 sentinel-hub 2 web-mapping 2 globe 2 sqlite 2 pointcloud 2 wms 2 openstreetmap 2 spatialite 2 data 2 polygon 2 color 2 3d 2 typescript 2 spatial-index 2 r-tree 2 arcgis 2 geotiff 2 rotation 1 quaternion 1 epsg 1 earth 1 d3-geo 1 d3-drag 1