Leaflet

[pedro-vicente]

This branch adds a Leaflet class
/src/leaflet

example

/examples/leaflet_test

demo

http://www.eden-earth.org:8081/

[emweb]

I see a few problems with this PR:

• It adds another Json parser to Wt, even though there is already a Json parser included in Wt.
• It does not follow our conventions regarding directory structure and naming of files: headers in Wt 4 have a .h extension, and source files have a .C extension
• It adds what appear to be utility classes into the src/Wt directory structure
• The header file is not documented

I'm not too familiar with Leaflet, so I'm not sure what the added value would be, as far as I can tell it is not strictly necessary to merge it in Wt to use it?

Regards,
Roel

[pedro-vicente]

Hi Roel

Leaflet
http://leafletjs.com/
is a "open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps"

As opposed to Google Maps, it is free and open source, and probably one of the most used web map libraries.

so I'm not sure what the added value would be, as far as I can tell it is not strictly necessary to merge >>it in Wt to use it?

I am not sure if I understand what you're asking. The branch I developed allows for a Wt application
to use Leaflet in a ContainerWidget, in a almost exactly manner that you currently use Google Maps in Wt: some C++ code that calls the Javascript.

I developed it for my projects because I don't want to use Google Maps. So, I thought it could also be of general use for Wt. If you think it could add some value to Wt, we can work together to make the bullets you mention above "wt compliant".

If you don't think that it would be of general interest to Wt, we can leave at there :-)
Regards

[shiftee]

I for one would like to see this functionality integrated. I have wanted to provide an Openstreetmap alternative to the google map widget for some time now

[emweb]

We're working on a WLeafletMap implementation for Wt now, so stay tuned. This PR can't be merged in its current state, though, so I'll close this.

Regards,
Roel