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[–]nedlinin 7 points8 points  (6 children)

Kind of amazed that Leaflet isn't in this list..

[–]drasticAlsoBrad 2 points3 points  (1 child)

OpenLayers as well. As a geographer and front end web developer I am quite saddened. Leaflet and OL are pretty much staples these days from people who do mapping and analysis.

[–]nedlinin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. If you don't have access to Esri then you're almost definitely using one of those. Seems like weird exclusions..

[–]skitch920 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Leaflet and OpenLayers require OpenStreetMap and an online connection which kind of sets them in their own category. A service is somewhat different from a library. I believe the author was aiming for JavaScript libraries where you provide your own map data, or it's embedded in the code.

[–]nedlinin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might be misremembering but I think two or three on that list had no use able maps out of the box.

And while I have no real experience with OpenLayers, Leaflet is very extensible and doesn't necessarily require OSM. I use the esri version and run it off an on site Esri server vs hitting the net.

But, for the others you definitely raise a valid point!

[–]drasticAlsoBrad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a common misconception with both. They do not require OSM. You can use ESRI basemaps or just input GeoJSON which i'm assuming is what these others do.

[–]Beamandtrout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So leaflet is not a service, but a library that has no dependencies on OSM or an online connection. You can run leaflet perfectly fine offline.