Leaflet Geodesy

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Generate true geodesic circles that exhibit projection distortion using the Geodesy plugin.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Leaflet Geodesy</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>

<script src='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/plugins/leaflet-geodesy/v0.1.0/leaflet-geodesy.js'></script>

<style>
.ui-form {
  background:#fff;
  position:absolute;
  top:10px;right:10px;
  padding:10px;
  border-radius:3px;
  }
  .ui-form label {
    font-size:12px;
    display:block;
    margin-bottom:5px;
    }
</style>

<div id='map'></div>
<div class='ui-form'>
  <label for='radius'>Enter a radius (m)</label>
  <input id='radius' type='number' step=1000 value=2000000 min=1 max=20000000 />
</div>

<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var map = L.mapbox.map('map')
    .setView([0, 20], 2)
    .addLayer(L.mapbox.styleLayer('mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11'));

var planarCircle = L.circle([0, 0], 2000000, {
    fillOpacity: 0,
    color: '#00f'
}).addTo(map);

var desyCircle = LGeo.circle([0, 0], 2000000, {
    parts: 60,
    color: '#f00',
    fillOpacity: 0
}).addTo(map);

document.getElementById('radius').onchange = function() {
    desyCircle.setRadius(+this.value);
    planarCircle.setRadius(+this.value);
};

map.on('mousemove', function(e) {
    desyCircle.setLatLng(e.latlng);
    planarCircle.setLatLng(e.latlng);
});
</script>

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