Extends Leaflet to include functionality and a look-and-feel built specifically for the National Park Service.
This library is under very active development, so please help test and report issues.
You may also want to take a look at the NPMap Builder. It is a graphical interface that walks through building a map with NPMap.js.
Heavily inspired (cough cough) by Mapbox.js, and, of course, built on the great Leaflet library. Standing on the shoulders of giants. Also, many thanks to the authors of all the great plugins used in/by the library (take a look at LICENSE.md for a list).
NPMap.js is versioned using semantic versioining. This means that releases are numbered: major.minor.patch and follow these guidelines:
- Breaking backward compatibility bumps the major (and resets the minor and patch to zero)
- New additions that don't break backward compatibility bumps the minor (and resets the patch to zero)
- Bug fixes and miscellaneous changes bumps the patch
2.0.0 is the first official NPMap.js version. All versions < 2.0.0 are part of the original NPMap JavaScript library, which has now been deprecated.
- v2.0.0: Under Development
NPMap.js is hosted on the National Park Service's content delivery network. Feel free to load the library directly from there. You can access hosted versions at http://www.nps.gov/npmap/npmap.js/major.minor.patch/. You should replace "major.minor.patch" with the number of the version you want to access.
You can pull in a recent copy of the master branch from http://www.nps.gov/npmap/npmap.js/latest/. This should not, however, be used in production maps, as this branch is under active development and may be unstable at times.
You must have node.js installed to run the build. After installing node.js:
git clone https://github.com/nationalparkservice/npmap.js
cd npmap.js
npm install
Install the Grunt command line tool (do this once as an admin user after installing node.js)
npm install -g grunt-cli
Then use Grunt to build the library:
grunt build
Internally, the Grunt task uses browserify to combine dependencies. It is installed locally, along with other required packages, when you run npm install. The build task also uses uglify and cssmin to create minified versions in dist/.
NPMap.js uses the Mocha JavaScript test framework and PhantomJS to run the tests. After installing PhantomJS, you can run the tests with the following command:
grunt test
We are working on increasing test coverage.
Take a look at API.md. Ignore the random notes at the bottom; they will be cleaned up and turned into complete thoughts soon.
Simple and targeted examples reside in the examples directory. This is a great starting point if you haven't used NPMap.js before.
You can get in touch with the NPMap team by contacting us via Twitter (@npmap) or email ([email protected]). We are happy to help with any questions, and feedback is welcome as well!
