README.md

Notes

Rough Outline

• Introduction to Leaflet.js
• A site of mine with an example
• example1.html: The Quick Start Example
• example1.html with commented block included
• HTML5 Geolocation in browser console.
• example2.html: User's current location.
• Discussion of map projection and zoom levels
  • http://leafletjs.com/examples/zoom-levels/
• Network Tab Analysis: The PNG Requests with x/y/z
• Discussion of custom tiles (either from server or class extension)
  • http://leafletjs.com/examples/extending/extending-2-layers.html
• KML and GeoJSON: Samples included
• example3.html: Plotting the sample GeoJSON
• Styling and GeoJSON: http://leafletjs.com/examples/geojson/
• Mapbox Discussion
• Side Note: Leaflet is Mobile Friendly (http://leafletjs.com/examples/mobile/)
• Examination of the Jekyll Site
• Brainstorming Possible Projects:
  • A simple GPS App
  • A simple Weather Tracker (using some weather API)
  • A Risk-like Game
  • Plotting locational data
  • Server Side: Override some map tilesS

HTML5 Geolocation

function geoCallback(pos) {
  console.log([pos.coords.latitude, pos.coords.longitude, pos.coords.accuracy, pos.timestamp]);
}
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(geoCallback);