Add a raster image to a map layer | Mapbox GL JS

This example animates a series of radar weather images over other map layers in a dark vector style.

To create the vector map style, the example provides a JSON object to define a map style that uses map data in the publicly available Mapbox Streets v8 vector tileset as a source for several vector layers, and recolors them to create a dark appearance.

To add the raster overlay, the example adds another source to the same JSON object, this time using an image source, and adds a raster layer to the JSON object.

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<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Add a raster image to a map layer</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<link href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.1.1/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.1.1/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<script>
	// TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST
	// ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN FROM
	// https://account.mapbox.com
	mapboxgl.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var mapStyle = {
'version': 8,
'name': 'Dark',
'sources': {
'mapbox': {
'type': 'vector',
'url': 'mapbox://mapbox.mapbox-streets-v8'
},
'overlay': {
'type': 'image',
'url': 'https://docs.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/assets/radar.gif',
'coordinates': [
[-80.425, 46.437],
[-71.516, 46.437],
[-71.516, 37.936],
[-80.425, 37.936]
]
}
},
'sprite': 'mapbox://sprites/mapbox/dark-v10',
'glyphs': 'mapbox://fonts/mapbox/{fontstack}/{range}.pbf',
'layers': [
{
'id': 'background',
'type': 'background',
'paint': { 'background-color': '#111' }
},
{
'id': 'water',
'source': 'mapbox',
'source-layer': 'water',
'type': 'fill',
'paint': { 'fill-color': '#2c2c2c' }
},
{
'id': 'boundaries',
'source': 'mapbox',
'source-layer': 'admin',
'type': 'line',
'paint': {
'line-color': '#797979',
'line-dasharray': [2, 2, 6, 2]
},
'filter': ['all', ['==', 'maritime', 0]]
},
{
'id': 'overlay',
'source': 'overlay',
'type': 'raster',
'paint': { 'raster-opacity': 0.85 }
},
{
'id': 'cities',
'source': 'mapbox',
'source-layer': 'place_label',
'type': 'symbol',
'layout': {
'text-field': '{name_en}',
'text-font': ['DIN Offc Pro Bold', 'Arial Unicode MS Bold'],
'text-size': [
'interpolate',
['linear'],
['zoom'],
4,
9,
6,
12
]
},
'paint': {
'text-color': '#969696',
'text-halo-width': 2,
'text-halo-color': 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85)'
}
},
{
'id': 'states',
'source': 'mapbox',
'source-layer': 'place_label',
'type': 'symbol',
'layout': {
'text-transform': 'uppercase',
'text-field': '{name_en}',
'text-font': ['DIN Offc Pro Bold', 'Arial Unicode MS Bold'],
'text-letter-spacing': 0.15,
'text-max-width': 7,
'text-size': [
'interpolate',
['linear'],
['zoom'],
4,
10,
6,
14
]
},
'filter': ['==', ['get', 'class'], 'state'],
'paint': {
'text-color': '#969696',
'text-halo-width': 2,
'text-halo-color': 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85)'
}
}
]
};
 
var map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: 'map',
maxZoom: 5.99,
minZoom: 4,
zoom: 5,
center: [-75.789, 41.874],
style: mapStyle
});
</script>
 
</body>
</html>