Find an alternative to folium for map embeds

[greenape]

Folium, while neat, performs pretty horribly, has issues with chrome and is a bit limited. We should look out for alternatives. One thing to track is this: keplergl/kepler.gl#331

[maxalbert]

Probably worth looking into GeoViews. For multiple reasons, not least because it supports animated timelines out of the box.

[jc-harrison]

For the record, I tried using GeoViews for the maps, but abandoned this due to the complication of installation and difficulty getting the maps to appear in the docs-compiled notebook output. GeoViews also doesn't have a direct equivalent of the "heatmap" offered by folium and mapbox.

[maxalbert]

For the record, @jch1g10's recent work suggests that Mapbox is the best alternative for our current use case. As a side note, it would be good to briefly document the pros/cons of the various solutions while it's still fresh in memory (possibly in an ADR).

[jc-harrison]

I'd be happy to document the pros/cons I've found of Folium/GeoViews/Mapbox in an ADR. Where should this live?

[maxalbert]

We used to have a folder for ADRs but somehow this seems to have gone awol. Let's re-add this in a separate PR, and then we can add another file in this folder to document this info.