Choropleth
Visualize population density on a map.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Choropleth</title>
<meta name='viewport' content='initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no' />
<script src='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.3.1/mapbox.js'></script>
<link href='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.3.1/mapbox.css' rel='stylesheet' />
<style>
body { margin:0; padding:0; }
#map { position:absolute; top:0; bottom:0; width:100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id='map'></div>
<style>
.map-legend ul {
list-style: none;
padding-left: 0;
}
.map-legend .swatch {
width:20px;
height:20px;
float:left;
margin-right:10px;
}
.leaflet-popup-close-button {
display: none;
}
.leaflet-popup-content-wrapper {
pointer-events: none;
}
</style>
<script src='/mapbox.js/assets/data/us-states.js'></script>
<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var map = L.mapbox.map('map')
.setView([37.8, -96], 4)
.addLayer(L.mapbox.styleLayer('mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11'));
var popup = new L.Popup({ autoPan: false });
// statesData comes from the 'us-states.js' script included above
var statesLayer = L.geoJson(statesData, {
style: getStyle,
onEachFeature: onEachFeature
}).addTo(map);
function getStyle(feature) {
return {
weight: 2,
opacity: 0.1,
color: 'black',
fillOpacity: 0.7,
fillColor: getColor(feature.properties.density)
};
}
// get color depending on population density value
function getColor(d) {
return d > 1000 ? '#8c2d04' :
d > 500 ? '#cc4c02' :
d > 200 ? '#ec7014' :
d > 100 ? '#fe9929' :
d > 50 ? '#fec44f' :
d > 20 ? '#fee391' :
d > 10 ? '#fff7bc' :
'#ffffe5';
}
function onEachFeature(feature, layer) {
layer.on({
mousemove: mousemove,
mouseout: mouseout,
click: zoomToFeature
});
}
var closeTooltip;
function mousemove(e) {
var layer = e.target;
popup.setLatLng(e.latlng);
popup.setContent('<div class="marker-title">' + layer.feature.properties.name + '</div>' +
layer.feature.properties.density + ' people per square mile');
if (!popup._map) popup.openOn(map);
window.clearTimeout(closeTooltip);
// highlight feature
layer.setStyle({
weight: 3,
opacity: 0.3,
fillOpacity: 0.9
});
if (!L.Browser.ie && !L.Browser.opera) {
layer.bringToFront();
}
}
function mouseout(e) {
statesLayer.resetStyle(e.target);
closeTooltip = window.setTimeout(function() {
map.closePopup();
}, 100);
}
function zoomToFeature(e) {
map.fitBounds(e.target.getBounds());
}
map.legendControl.addLegend(getLegendHTML());
function getLegendHTML() {
var grades = [0, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000],
labels = [],
from, to;
for (var i = 0; i < grades.length; i++) {
from = grades[i];
to = grades[i + 1];
labels.push(
'<li><span class="swatch" style="background:' + getColor(from + 1) + '"></span> ' +
from + (to ? '–' + to : '+')) + '</li>';
}
return '<span>People per square mile</span><ul>' + labels.join('') + '</ul>';
}
</script>
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