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Azure Maps Samples

Welcome to the Azure Maps Web Control V3 Code Sample Gallery. This is a collection of 280 code samples that have been made open source on GitHub. Build your location-aware solutions with a seamless development experience. Easily integrate open source and other map controls, as well as Open Geospatial Consortium standards, such as GeoJSON and KML.

3D Layer (6)

Add custom 2D and 3D layers to the map using WebGL to render powerful visualizations.

Babylon custom WebGL layer
Babylon custom WebGL layer

This sample shows how to create a custom 3D layer with Babylon.js.

Deck GL custom WebGL layer
Deck GL custom WebGL layer

This sample shows how to create a custom 3D layer with Deck.gl.

Yellow Cab vs Green Cab Trips in Manhattan
Yellow Cab vs Green Cab Trips in Manhattan

This sample creates a WebGL trips layer in Manhattan, NY using Deck.gl 3D framework for Azure Maps.

Three.js custom WebGL layer
Three.js custom WebGL layer

This sample shows how to create a custom 3D layer with Three.js.

Threebox custom WebGL layer
Threebox custom WebGL layer

This sample shows how to create a custom 3D layer with Threebox.

Simple 2D WebGL layer
Simple 2D WebGL layer

This sample showcases the creation of a custom WebGL layer that draws a 2D triangle directly on the map.

Animations (26)

Learn how to animate data on the map. Many of these samples leverage the open source Azure Maps Animation module.

Animate a Choropleth Map
Animate a Choropleth Map

This sample shows how to create a choropleth map and animate it over time.

Animate a GPS trace
Animate a GPS trace

This sample shows how to smoothly animate a symbol along a route path taking into consideration timestamps for each point in the route path.

Animate a Line
Animate a Line

This sample shows how to animate the position of a line on the map by updating its coordinates and layer.

Animate a snakeline
Animate a snakeline

This sample shows how to animate a LineString such that its path is drawn out smoothly over time on top of the map using what is called a snakeline animation.

Animate along a path
Animate along a path

This sample shows how to animate a symbol along a path on the map smoothly. This sample also includes controls and options for the animation.

Animate along a route path
Animate along a route path

This sample shows how to smoothly animate a symbol along a route path taking into consideration timestamps for each point in the route path. This sample also includes controls and options for the animation.

Animate marker along path
Animate marker along path

This sample shows how to easily animate a HTML marker along a path on the map.

Animate multiple points
Animate multiple points

This sample shows how to animate multiple points on the map.

Animate point along path
Animate point along path

This sample shows how to easily animate a point along a path on the map.

Animate to new position of marker
Animate to new position of marker

This sample shows how to animate a marker on the map to a new coordinate.

Animate to new position of point
Animate to new position of point

This sample shows how to animate a point on the map to a new coordinate.

Animated tile layer
Animated tile layer

This sample shows how to animate an sequence of tile layers smoothly.

Animated traffic flow
Animated traffic flow

This sample shows how to animate the flow of traffic relative to the congestion level using the flowing dashed line animation.

Animation easings
Animation easings

This sample demonstrates the different built in easing functions in the azure-maps-animation library.

Bouncing marker animation
Bouncing marker animation

This sample shows how to animate an HTML marker to make it appear to be bouncing on the map.

Drop markers on interval
Drop markers on interval

This sample shows how to animate the dropping of multiple HTML markers on an interval to the map.

Drop multiple markers animation
Drop multiple markers animation

This sample shows how to animate the dropping of multiple HTML markers on the map.

Drop multiple symbols animation
Drop multiple symbols animation

This sample shows how to animate multiple points on the map as dropping symbols.

Drop symbol animation
Drop symbol animation

This sample shows how to animate a point on the map as a dropping symbol.

Drop multiple symbols on interval
Drop multiple symbols on interval

This sample shows how to animate the dropping of multiple points on an interval to the map using a symbol layer.

HTML Marker Pulse Animation
HTML Marker Pulse Animation

This sample shows how to pulse animate the position of a HTML marker on the map using CSS.

Morph shape animation
Morph shape animation

This sample shows how to animate the morphing of a shape from one geometry to another.

Animate marker along path
Animate marker along path

This sample shows how to easily animate a HTML marker along a path on the map.

Pulse animation with bubble layer
Pulse animation with bubble layer

This sample shows how to create a pulse animation using a bubble layer as a pulse.

Simple HTML Marker Animation
Simple HTML Marker Animation

This sample shows how to animate the position of a HTML marker on the map by updating the coordinates.

Simple Symbol Animation
Simple Symbol Animation

This sample shows how to animate the position of a symbol on the map by updating the coordinates.

Bubble Layer (5)

These samples demonstrate different ways to implement the bubble layer to render point based data.

Bubble Layer Options
Bubble Layer Options

This sample shows how the different options of the bubble layer affect rendering.

Cluster aggregate average values
Cluster aggregate average values

This sample shows how to calculate an aggregate value over values in a cluster.

Cluster aggregates
Cluster aggregates

This sample shows how to define custom properties on clusters that are defined using data-driven style expression calculation. These calculations aggregate values across all points contained within the cluster.

Data-Driven Bubble Layer Styling
Data-Driven Bubble Layer Styling

This sample shows how to use data-driven styles on a BubbleLayer to define the radius and color of each circle based on the magnitude of each data point.

Point Clusters in Bubble Layer
Point Clusters in Bubble Layer

This sample shows how to enable point based clustering on a data source and render them differently from individual points on the map.

Controls (21)

Add UI controls to the map to create an enhanced user experience.

Bring Data Into View Control
Bring Data Into View Control

This sample shows how to create a simple custom control that centers and zooms the map to fit any data that is loaded on the map.

Category legend options
Category legend options

This sample shows how the different options of the category legend type.

Create a layer control
Create a layer control

This sample loads Mapbox styles of a GeoJSON polygon into Azure Maps.

Create a legend control
Create a legend control

TThis sample shows how to create a legend control and add it to the map.

Create HTML legend
Create HTML legend

This sample shows how to create legends using custom HTML with the legend control.

Custom navigation controls
Custom navigation controls

This sample shows how to create a set of map navigation controls that can be placed anywhere on the page.

Custom styled legend
Custom styled legend

This sample shows how to create a custom styled legend using CSS.

Dynamic legend and layer controls
Dynamic legend and layer controls

This sample shows how to create use the dynamic legend and layer controls.

Fullscreen control
Fullscreen control

This sample shows how to add a fullscreen button to the map to display it in fullscreen mode.

Fullscreen control options
Fullscreen control options

This sample shows all the options of the fullscreen control.

Gradient legend options
Gradient legend options

This sample shows how the different options of the gradient legend type.

Layer control options
Layer control options

This sample shows how the different options of the legend control change the user experience.

Legend control options
Legend control options

This sample shows how the different options of the legend control change the user experience.

Map Navigation Control Options
Map Navigation Control Options

This sample shows all the map navigation controls on the map and how they react with different option settings.

Map Style Picker
Map Style Picker

This sample shows how to add the map style picker control to the map.

Route range control
Route range control

This sample shows how to add the route range control to the map to query and display a route range polygon.

Select shapes with selection control
Select shapes with selection control

This sample shows how to use the selection control with a data source of polygons.

Selection control
Selection control

This sample shows how to use the selection control. This control connects to a data source and lets you draw polygon areas on the map and retrieve all the point shapes in the data source that are within that area.

Simple Scale Bar Control
Simple Scale Bar Control

This sample shows how to create a custom scale bar control that can be added to the map.

Spyglass map visualization
Spyglass map visualization

This sample shows how to add a spyglass data viewer to the map.

Spyglass module options
Spyglass module options

This sample shows how all the options of the spyglass module can be used to customize the user experience.

Title (4)

These samples demonstrate real-life scenarios or highlight key topics.

Car vs Truck Route
Car vs Truck Route

This sample compares the route a truck has to take to the route a car can take.

Create a Choropleth Map
Create a Choropleth Map

This sample shows how to create a choropleth map. A choropleth map is a thematic map in which areas are shaded or patterned in proportion to the measurement of the statistical variable being displayed on the map.

Data-Driven Styling
Data-Driven Styling

This sample shows some basics around data-driven styling of layers in Azure Maps.

Large GeoJSON Files
Large GeoJSON Files

This sample demonstrates loading large GeoJSON files into the Azure Maps Web SDK.

Device Sensors (5)

See how to access sensors from a devices browser and use them with Azure Maps.

Continuous User Position Tracking
Continuous User Position Tracking

This sample shows how to continuously get the users position information from the browser by using the HTML5 geolocation API and update it on a map.

Geolocation control
Geolocation control

This sample shows how to create a custom geolocation control that displays the users location on the map.

Geolocation control options
Geolocation control options

This sample shows all the options of the geolocation control.

Show a Users Position
Show a Users Position

This sample shows how to get the users position information from the browser by using the HTML5 geolocation API and show it on a map.

User position accuracy circle
User position accuracy circle

This sample shows how to display the users position on the map with an accuracy circle.

Drawing Tools Module (14)

Add mouse and touch based drawing capabilities to the map.

Add drawing toolbar to map
Add drawing toolbar to map

This sample shows how to use the Drawing Tools module and display the drawing toolbar on the map.

Allow map panning with drawing tools
Allow map panning with drawing tools

This sample shows how to allow the map to pan when using the drawing tools with the interaction type set to click.

Change drawing rendering style
Change drawing rendering style

This sample shows how to customize the rendering of the drawing shapes in the drawing manager by accessing the rendering layers using the drawingManager.getLayers() function.

Create a measuring tool
Create a measuring tool

This sample shows how to use the drawing tools to measure distances and areas.

Draw gridded polygon
Draw gridded polygon

This sample shows how to calculate a gridded pattern within a drawn polygon based on a physical distances.

Drawing manager options
Drawing manager options

This sample shows how the different options of the drawing manager change the user experience.

Drawing toolbar options
Drawing toolbar options

This sample shows how the different options of the drawing toolbar change the user experience.

Drawing tools events
Drawing tools events

This sample shows how the events in the Drawing Tools module work.

Get drawn shapes from drawing manager
Get drawn shapes from drawing manager

This sample shows how to get the shapes that have been drawn on the map using the drawing managers drawingManager.getSource() function.

Load data into drawing manager
Load data into drawing manager

This sample shows how to programmatically add shapes to the drawing manager and put them into edit mode.

Select data in drawn polygon area
Select data in drawn polygon area

This sample shows how to use the drawing tools to draw polygon areas on the map and select points that are within them.

Snap drawn line to roads
Snap drawn line to roads

This sample shows how to snap a line drawn using the drawing tools to the road network.

Snap grid options
Snap grid options

This sample shows how the different options of the snap grid manager modify how the snapping experience works.

Use a snapping grid
Use a snapping grid

This sample shows how to use the snap grid manager when dragging HTML markers and/or while drawing shapes.

Geospatial Files (8)

Examples of how to import and export common geospatial file formats with Azure Maps.

Add TopoJSON data to the map
Add TopoJSON data to the map

This sample shows how to add TopoJSON data to the map, by converting it into GeoJSON in a Web Worker so that map can easily render it.

Drag and Drop GeoJSON File onto Map
Drag and Drop GeoJSON File onto Map

This sample shows how load add support for dragging and dropping GeoJSON files on to the map and having them render.

Drag and Drop Shapefiles onto the Map
Drag and Drop Shapefiles onto the Map

This sample shows how to load zipped shapefile (.shp, .dbf, .prj) files onto the map by dragging and dropping from a local file.

Extract and display photo location
Extract and display photo location

This sample shows how to extract location information from images from a URL or by dragging and dropping them onto the map, and display them on the map.

GeoJSON file optimizer
GeoJSON file optimizer

A simple tool for optimizing geojson files.

Load large Shapefiles using a Web Worker
Load large Shapefiles using a Web Worker

This sample shows how to load large shapefiles (.shp, .dbf, .prj) onto the map using a web worker so that it doesn't freeze the UI.

Load Shapefiles onto the Map
Load Shapefiles onto the Map

This sample shows how to easily load shapefiles (.shp, .dbf, .prj) onto the map.

Visualize Excel data
Visualize Excel data

This sample shows how to easily load and visualize a local Excel file on the map.

Heat Map Layer (5)

Heat maps are a type of data visualization used to represent the density of data using a range of colors. They're often used to show the data "hot spots" on a map and are a great way to render large point data sets.

Cluster weighted Heat Map
Cluster weighted Heat Map

This sample shows how to create a heat map that uses clustering on the data source to improve performance for large data sets.

Consistent zoomable Heat Map
Consistent zoomable Heat Map

This sample shows how to create a heat map where the radius of each data point covers the same physical area on the ground and creates a more consistent user experience when zooming the map.

Heat Map Layer Options
Heat Map Layer Options

This sample shows how the different options of the heat map affect rendering.

Simple Heat Map Layer
Simple Heat Map Layer

This sample shows how to create a simple heat map from a data set of point features.

Weighted Heat Map Layer
Weighted Heat Map Layer

This sample shows how to create a heat map which defines the intensity of each data point based on a property.

HTML Markers (13)

Use traditional HTML and CSS to represent point based data on the map as markers.

All built-in icon templates as HTML markers
All built-in icon templates as HTML markers

This sample shows all the built-in icon templates rendered as HTML markers.

Clustered Pie Chart HTML Markers
Clustered Pie Chart HTML Markers

This sample combines the HtmlMarkerLayer class with the PieChartMarker class to create pie charts for clustered markers on the map.

CSS Styled HTML Marker
CSS Styled HTML Marker

This sample shows how to use CSS and HTML to create a marker on the map.

Draggable HTML Marker
Draggable HTML Marker

This sample shows how to make an HTML marker draggable.

HTML Marker events
HTML Marker events

This sample shows how to add events to an HTML marker.

HTML Marker Layer
HTML Marker Layer

This sample provides a layer which renders point data from a data source as HTML markers on the map.

HTML Marker layer and vector tiles
HTML Marker layer and vector tiles

This sample shows how to how to use a vector tile service to render point data on the map using HTML markers.

HTML marker layer events
HTML marker layer events

This sample highlights the name of the events that are firing as you interact with the HTML marker layer.

HTML Marker with built-in icon template
HTML Marker with built-in icon template

This sample shows how use image templates with an HTML marker.

HTML Marker with Custom SVG Template
HTML Marker with Custom SVG Template

This sample shows how to create a custom SVG template and use it with the HtmlMarker class.

Pie chart HTML marker options
Pie chart HTML marker options

This sample shows how different options of the pie chart marker class change its rendering.

Pie Chart HTML Markers
Pie Chart HTML Markers

This sample shows how to create a pie chart using an HTML marker.

Simple HTML Marker
Simple HTML Marker

This sample shows how create a simple HtmlMarker and add it to the map.

Image Layer (4)

See how to overlay images on the map as a layer.

Cross reference pixels in image layer
Cross reference pixels in image layer

This sample shows how to cross reference pixel positions on a source image with the position of an image overlay on a map.

Image Layer Options
Image Layer Options

This sample shows how the different options of the image layer affect rendering.

KML Ground Overlay as Image Layer
KML Ground Overlay as Image Layer

This sample shows how to overlay KML Ground Overlay information as an image layer on the map.

Simple Image Layer
Simple Image Layer

This sample shows how to overlay an image on the map as an Image layer.

Line Layer (7)

Learn how to visualize line and path data on the map using the line layer.

Add Arrow along a Path
Add Arrow along a Path

This sample shows how to add arrow icons along a line on the map.

Add arrows to end of paths
Add arrows to end of paths

This sample shows how to add arrow icons along a line on the map.

Data-driven stroke gradient
Data-driven stroke gradient

This sample shows how to create a path between a set of data points can apply a stroke gradient based on properties in each data point.

Display isoline data
Display isoline data

This sample shows how to display isoline data on the map add apply a data driven styling to assign colors. Isolines are also known as contour lines.

Line Layer Options
Line Layer Options

This sample shows how the different options of the line layer affect rendering.

Line layer with built-in icon template
Line layer with built-in icon template

This sample shows how to use a built-in icon templates with a line layer.

Line with Stroke Gradient
Line with Stroke Gradient

This sample shows how to apply a stroke gradient to a line on the map.

Map (28)

These samples show how to use the many different features of the map.

Add a Context Menu to the Map
Add a Context Menu to the Map

This sample shows how to display a context menu when the user right clicks the map.

Add custom icon template to atlas namespace
Add custom icon template to atlas namespace

This sample shows how to add more image templates to the atlas namespace.

DataSource and Shape events
DataSource and Shape events

This sample shows how to the DataSource and Shape events work.

Detect if browser is supported
Detect if browser is supported

This sample shows how to detect if the browser is supported by the Azure Maps Web SDK. If it is, load the map, otherwise fallback gracefully.

Export Map as Image
Export Map as Image

This sample shows how to export the map canvas as an image which can be used in reports or emails.

Full Screen Map
Full Screen Map

This sample shows how to toggle between displaying the standard page layout, and a full screen map view.

Icon template options
Icon template options

This sample shows how the icon template options effect the rendering of built-in icon templates.

Inspect features under the mouse
Inspect features under the mouse

This sample shows how to access any rendered feature on the map, whether it came from a vector tile source, a GeoJSON file, or is part of the base map.

Lazy Load the Map
Lazy Load the Map

This sample shows how to delay the loading of the map SDK until it is needed.

Limit Map to Two Finger Panning
Limit Map to Two Finger Panning

This sample shows how to limit the map drag functionality such that the user is only able to drag the map when using two fingers. This is useful when using the map API inside of mobile apps where the user is likely to scroll the page using a single finger.

Limit map view with maxBounds
Limit map view with maxBounds

This sample shows how to the limit the map view by using the maxBounds options of the map.

Limit Scroll Wheel Zoom
Limit Scroll Wheel Zoom

This sample shows how to limit the scroll zooming functionality of the map such that the map will only be zoomed when the CTRL key is pressed. When the CTRL key is not pressed, the scroll wheel will scroll the page when over the map.

Load Map with Options
Load Map with Options

This sample shows how to load the map and specify options at the same time.

Map Events
Map Events

This sample will highlight the name of the events that are firing as you interact with the map.

Map Localization
Map Localization

This sample lets you switch the map between all its supported languages.

Map style options
Map style options

This sample shows how the different style options of the map affect rendering.

Map user interaction options
Map user interaction options

This sample shows how the different user interaction options of the map to modify how the map reacts when the user interacts with it.

Mini overview map
Mini overview map

This sample shows how to create a simple custom control that centers and zooms the map to fit any data that is loaded on the map.

Mini overview map options
Mini overview map options

This sample shows how to create a simple custom control that centers and zooms the map to fit any data that is loaded on the map.

Mouse events with keys pressed
Mouse events with keys pressed

This sample shows how to monitor keys that are pressed when mouse events on the map. This same approach can be used with layers as well.

Multiple Maps
Multiple Maps

This sample shows how to render multiple maps on the same page.

Multiple Maps in Different Languages
Multiple Maps in Different Languages

This sample shows two maps rendered on the same page, displaying maps in different languages. Press one of the buttons to change the language of the second map instantly.

Render world copies
Render world copies

This sample shows how to the renderWolrdCopies map style option changes the layout of the map when zoomed out.

Swipe between two maps
Swipe between two maps

This sample shows how to swipe between two overlapping synchronized maps to view different data sets.

Swipe map module options
Swipe map module options

This sample shows how to swipe between two overlapping synchronized maps to view different data sets.

Swipe map with fullscreen support
Swipe map with fullscreen support

This sample shows how to use the swipe map experience with the fullscreen control.

Synchronize map views
Synchronize map views

This sample shows how to synchronize the views of two or more maps.

Update layer based on map style
Update layer based on map style

This sample shows how to monitor the maps style and update the style of a layer accordingly.

Polygon and Polygon Extrusion Layers (17)

Learn how to overlay geospatially accurate circles, polygons, and multi-polygons on the map using the polygon and polygon extrusion layers.

Extruded choropleth map
Extruded choropleth map

This sample shows how to create a choropleth map of extruded polygons using data driven styling.

Extruded gridded data source
Extruded gridded data source

This sample shows how to create a 3D polygon extrusions from a gridded data source.

Fill polygon with built-in icon template
Fill polygon with built-in icon template

This sample shows how to use an image template as a fill pattern in a polygon layer.

Geospatially Accurate Circle
Geospatially Accurate Circle

This sample shows how to use the extended GeoJSON schema defined by Azure Maps to create a geospatially accurate circle on the map with a filled area and a styled outline.

Gridded data source options
Gridded data source options

This sample shows all the different options available for the gridded data source module.

Make a geometry easy to update
Make a geometry easy to update

This sample shows how to wrap a circle GeoJSON object with a shape class. As the value of the radius changes in the shape, the circle renders automatically on the map.

Mercator Projection and Geospatial Circles
Mercator Projection and Geospatial Circles

This sample shows how the Mercator projection of the map affects the scale of geospatially accurate objects on the map.

Polygon Extrusion Layer Options
Polygon Extrusion Layer Options

This sample shows how the different options of the polygon extrusion layer affect rendering.

Polygon Fill Pattern
Polygon Fill Pattern

This sample shows how to fill a polygon area using a pattern image rather than a solid color.

Polygon Hover Style
Polygon Hover Style

This sample shows how to create a hover effect on a polygon layer.

Polygon labels - calculated
Polygon labels - calculated

This sample shows how to create labels for polygons by calculating a coordinates and creating a point feature for the label.

Polygon labels - symbol layer
Polygon labels - symbol layer

This sample shows how the symbol layer can be used to automatically render labels for polygons on the map.

Polygon Layer Options
Polygon Layer Options

This sample shows how the different options of the polygon layer affect rendering.

Polygon mask with dynamic styling
Polygon mask with dynamic styling

This sample shows how to dynamically style a polygon mask to align with the current style of the map.

Polygon masks
Polygon masks

This sample shows how to create polygon masks for both regular Polygon and MultiPolygon geometries.

Show points of gridded data source
Show points of gridded data source

This sample shows how to overlay a gridded data source on the map and the data points that are aggregated inside.

Simple MultiPolygon
Simple MultiPolygon

This sample shows how to render a MultiPolygon on the map.

Popups (13)

See how to display information in a popup on the map.

Accessible popups
Accessible popups

This sample shows how to use popups in a way that users can easily access them using keyboard shortcuts or on mouse click.

Accessible shape selection
Accessible shape selection

This sample shows how to add keyboard selection support to shapes by leveraging hidden popups.

Customize a popup
Customize a popup

This sample shows how to customize the look of a popup.

Popup events
Popup events

This sample shows how to add events to Popups.

Popup templates
Popup templates

This sample shows how to use a various popup templates to generate formatted content from porperties of features.

Popup with DOM element content
Popup with DOM element content

This sample shows how to pass in a DOM-element into a popup as content.

Popup with Media Content
Popup with Media Content

This sample shows popups that contain media content.

Popups on Shapes
Popups on Shapes

This sample shows how to display a popup when a user interacts with any shape on the map.

Popups with leader lines
Popups with leader lines

This sample shows how to add events to Popups.

Reuse a popup template
Reuse a popup template

This sample shows how to use reuse a single popup template with multiple features that share a common set of property fields.

Reusing Popup with Multiple Pins
Reusing Popup with Multiple Pins

This sample shows popups that contain media content.

Show clustered points in popup
Show clustered points in popup

This sample shows how to display selectable list of points within a cluster in a popup. When an item is selected, the content of the popup will update to show the details of the selected point.

Show popup on hover
Show popup on hover

This sample shows how to show a popup when the mouse hovers over or touches a shape.

REST Services (9)

Learn how to directly access the Azure Maps REST services from JavaScript.

Calculate a Simple Isochrone
Calculate a Simple Isochrone

This sample shows how to calculate an isochrone (drive time polygon) using the Azure Maps Route Reachable Range service and display it on the map.

Fill Address Form with Autosuggest
Fill Address Form with Autosuggest

This sample shows how to use the Azure Maps Search service with JQuery UI's autocomplete widget which provides address suggestions as the user types and which populates a form with the selected suggestion.

Geolocation Sample
Geolocation Sample

Get Users Timezone with Prompt
Get Users Timezone with Prompt

This sample shows how to determine a users timezone by passing the users location into the Azure Maps REST Timezone service. The users location is retrieved using the HTML5 geolocation API which displays a prompt to the user to share their location.

Multi-Itinerary Optimization
Multi-Itinerary Optimization

This sample shows how to do a Multi-Itinerary Optimization with Azure Maps and the NVIDIA cuOpt optimizer service.

Route Waypoint Optimization
Route Waypoint Optimization

This sample shows how to calculate routes with and without waypoint optimization using the Azure Maps REST Route API.

Search Autosuggest and JQuery UI
Search Autosuggest and JQuery UI

This sample shows how to create a custom input UI for suggesting possible results for queries against the Azure Maps Search services.

Simple REST Directions (Route)
Simple REST Directions (Route)

This sample shows how to calculate simple directions between two points using the Azure Maps REST Route API and render it on a map.

Simple REST Geocoding Request
Simple REST Geocoding Request

This sample shows how to use the REST search API directly for geocoding locations.

Services Module (14)

Take advantage of the Services module to simplify integration of the REST services with the Azure Maps Web SDK.

Alternate routes with deviation constraints
Alternate routes with deviation constraints

This sample shows the usage of alternative routes, alternative types and supporting points with minimum deviation time and distance constraints.

Calculate a simple route
Calculate a simple route

This sample shows how to calculate a simple route and display it on the map using the Services module for Azure Maps.

Calculate spaced positions along route
Calculate spaced positions along route

This sample shows how to calculate a evenly spaced out positions along a route, in this case every 10 kilometers.

Draggable route lines
Draggable route lines

This sample shows how to calculate a simple route and display it on the map using the Services module for Azure Maps.

Fuzzy Search with Services Module
Fuzzy Search with Services Module

This sample shows how to use the Services module for Azure Maps to perform a fuzzy search for points of interests, address, and places. Providing user location information allows the search service choose results that are more local to the user.

Get nearest POIs to a set of addresses
Get nearest POIs to a set of addresses

This sample shows the nearest POIs to a set of addresses

Load POIs as the map moves
Load POIs as the map moves

This sample shows how to load points of interest data on the map as the user moves the map.

Methods for geocoding multiple addresses
Methods for geocoding multiple addresses

This sample shows two different methods for geocoding a bunch of addresses quickly from within a web app.

Page through POI results
Page through POI results

This sample shows how to step through all the results available for a POI query. This sample also creates a list of the results and cross references the list items to the shapes on the map.

Reverse Geocode with Services Module
Reverse Geocode with Services Module

This sample shows how to use the Services module for Azure Maps to reverse geocode a coordinate.

Search for boundaries
Search for boundaries

This sample shows how to use the Services module for Azure Maps to search for locations that have boundaries and display them on the map. Azure Maps provides boundary data for administrative areas such as states, countries, cities, postal codes, and other boundaries such as industrial areas.

Search for POIs along route
Search for POIs along route

This sample shows how to retrieve points of interest along a route.

Show traffic along route
Show traffic along route

This sample shows how to retrieve traffic information along a route using the sectionType option, and color the sections on the map.

Snap points to logical route path
Snap points to logical route path

This sample shows how to snap points to the road network to form a logical path using the Azure Maps rest directions service.

Spatial Analysis (5)

Gain deep insights with in-depth spatial analysis of data.

Calculate nearest locations
Calculate nearest locations

This sample shows how to do a spatial join between two sets of points based on the shortest stright line distance or travel time along roads using the route matrix service.

Census block group analysis
Census block group analysis

This sample loads census block group data for a state and then retrieves the intersection with an area drawn by the user and calculates an estimated population.

Route along GeoJSON network
Route along GeoJSON network

This sample shows how to calculate the shortest route path between two points on a network of lines stored in a GeoJSON file.

Travel time analysis of multiple locations
Travel time analysis of multiple locations

This sample shows how to add calculate travel times areas for multiple points, and then spatially join these travel time polygons with a secondary set of points to calculate aggregates.

Voronoi diagram analysis
Voronoi diagram analysis

This sample shows how to add calculate a Voronoi diagram from a set of points, and then spatially join the Voronoi polygons with a secondary set of points to calculate aggregates.

Spatial IO Module (14)

Learn how to use the Spatial IO module to easily read and write spatial data and connect to OGC services.

Add a delimited file (CSV) to the map
Add a delimited file (CSV) to the map

This sample shows how to add a delimited file (CSV, TSV, PIPE) to the map by converting it into GeoJSON.

Drag and drop spatial files onto map
Drag and drop spatial files onto map

Drag and drop one or more KML, KMZ, GeoRSS, GPX, GML, GeoJSON or CSV files onto the map.

Load KML onto map
Load KML onto map

This sample shows how to load KML or KMZ files onto the map.

Load spatial data (simple)
Load spatial data (simple)

This sample shows how to easily load spatial data using the spatial io module into the map.

OGC map layer example
OGC map layer example

This sample shows how to overlay a Web Mapping Service (WMS) or Web Mapping Tile Service (WMTS) on top of the map using the OGC map layer.

OGC map layer options
OGC map layer options

This sample shows how the different options of the OGC map layer affect rendering.

OGC Web Map Service explorer
OGC Web Map Service explorer

This is a simple tool for exploring Web Map Services (WMS) and Web Map Tile Services (WMTS) as layers on the map.

Read and write Well Known Text
Read and write Well Known Text

This sample shows how to read and write Well Known Text (WKT) strings as GeoJSON.

Read Well Known Text
Read Well Known Text

This sample shows how to easily read Well Known text as GeoJSON.

Simple data layer options
Simple data layer options

This sample shows how the different options of the simple data layer affect rendering.

Simple WFS example
Simple WFS example

This sample shows how to easily query a Web Feature Service (WFS) and overlay the results on a map.

Spatial data gallery
Spatial data gallery

This sample shows all the different types of spatial data files that can be read with the spatial IO module.

Spatial data write options
Spatial data write options

This sample shows the different write options for the atlas.io.write function.

WFS service explorer
WFS service explorer

This is a simple tool for exploring WFS services on Azure Maps.

Spatial Math (18)

Learn how to perform common spatial calculations easily with the Azure Maps Web SDK.

Basic snap to road logic
Basic snap to road logic

This sample shows how to snap individual points to the rendered roads on the map.

Calculate a convex hull
Calculate a convex hull

This sample shows how to calculate a convex hull from an array of shapes.

Calculate concentric isochrones
Calculate concentric isochrones

This sample shows how to calculate concentric isochrones and cut out overlapping areas so that they are nicely displayed.

Cardinal Spline Options
Cardinal Spline Options

This sample provides a set of controls to test the various features of the Cardinal Spline calculation.

Convex hull and HTML markers
Convex hull and HTML markers

This sample shows how to calculate a convex hull for a set of HTML markers.

Create 3D isobands from isolines
Create 3D isobands from isolines

This sample shows how to create 3D isobands from isoline data and display them on a map with a data driven styling to assign colors.

Create isobands from isolines
Create isobands from isolines

This sample shows how to create isobands from isoline data and display them on a map with a data driven styling to assign colors. Isobands represent the areas between isolines.

Curved lines
Curved lines

This sample shows three different ways to create curved lines in Azure Maps.

Data binning points with Turfjs
Data binning points with Turfjs

This sample shows how to create a hexagon grid and perform an aggregate to determine how many points are within each cell of a hexagon grid.

Display cluster area with Convex Hull
Display cluster area with Convex Hull

This sample shows how to display the area of the points contained within a cluster by calculating a convex hull.

Filter Data Along Route
Filter Data Along Route

This sample shows how to take a route line, calculate a buffer around it and then filter a set of points to find those that are within the buffer.

Get closest HTML marker to position
Get closest HTML marker to position

This sample shows how to calculate the closest marker to a given position, in this case, where the user clicked on the map.

Get closest point to geometry
Get closest point to geometry

This sample shows how to get the closest point on a geometry from another point or position.

Get closest point to position
Get closest point to position

This sample shows how to calculate the closest point to a given coordinate, in this case, where the user clicked on the map.

Get points in current map view
Get points in current map view

This sample shows how to determine which points of a data set are in the current map view.

Introduction to Spatial Math
Introduction to Spatial Math

This sample shows how to use many of the built in spatial math functions in the Azure Maps web control.

Merge two polygons together
Merge two polygons together

This sample shows how to merge (union) two polygons together to create a single polygon object.

Simple Cardinal Spline
Simple Cardinal Spline

This sample shows how to create a simple cardinal spline and display it on the map.

Symbol Layer (18)

Render lots of styled points on the map in a Symbol layer with good performance. If working with smaller data sets use HTML based markers and take advantage of CSS for styling.

All built-in icon templates as symbols
All built-in icon templates as symbols

This sample shows all the built-in icon templates rendered on a symbol layer.

Change Mouse Cursor when Hovering Layer
Change Mouse Cursor when Hovering Layer

This sample shows how to change the mouse cursor when hovering over shapes in a layer. This will work with the bubble, line, polygon and symbol layer.

Create Symbols from Custom JSON
Create Symbols from Custom JSON

This sample shows how to use this JSON data to create clickable symbols on a map, that when clicked, display a popup with the title and description values of the symbol that was clicked.

Custom Symbol Image Icon
Custom Symbol Image Icon

This sample shows how to add a custom symbol icon to the map resources and then use it render point data with a custom symbol on the map.

Data-driven symbol icons
Data-driven symbol icons

This sample shows how to use multiple custom icons in a single symbol layer by using data-driven styling with an expression.

Display clusters with a Symbol Layer
Display clusters with a Symbol Layer

This sample shows how to enable point based clustering on a data source and render them with different symbols.

Draggable Symbols
Draggable Symbols

This sample shows how to create a symbol layer that lets you drag the symbols using the mouse.

Expanding Spider Clusters
Expanding Spider Clusters

This sample shows how to visualize the contents of a cluster as a expanded spider cluster layout.

Filter Symbols by Property
Filter Symbols by Property

This sample shows how to filter symbols on the map by property by creating a layer fro each property value and then toggling the visibility of that layer accordingly.

Formatted text field
Formatted text field

This sample shows how to format the symbol layers text field.

Image sprite fallback expression
Image sprite fallback expression

This sample shows how to use an expression to check to see if an image is available in the maps image sprite, and if it isn't, use a fallback image instead.

Load missing image into sprite
Load missing image into sprite

This sample shows how to add an event that fires when an image is missing from the maps image sprite, and then load in the missing image.

Styled Symbol Layer
Styled Symbol Layer

This sample shows how to create a symbol layer and apply styles to it to customize how it renders each symbol.

Symbol image selection state
Symbol image selection state

This sample shows how to change the image of a symbol based on its selection state.

Layer events
Layer events

This sample highlights the name of the events that are firing as you interact with the Symbol Layer. The Symbol, Bubble, Line and Polygon layer all support the same set of events. The Tile Layer does not support any of these events.

Symbol Layer Options
Symbol Layer Options

This sample shows how the different options of the symbol layer affect rendering.

Symbol layer with built-in icon template
Symbol layer with built-in icon template

This sample shows how to use a built-in icon template with a symbol layer.

Text format with inline image
Text format with inline image

This sample shows how to use the text format expression to create a string with an inline icon with the symbol layers textField option.

Third Party Map Controls (3)

As good as the Azure Maps Web Control is, there are many 3rd party map controls in which you can import Azure Maps data into which is a great option if you have an existing app built on one of these.

Azure Maps Leaflet options
Azure Maps Leaflet options

This sample shows how the different options of Azure Maps tile layer can be used in the Leaflet JS map control.

Render Azure Maps in Leaflet
Render Azure Maps in Leaflet

This sample shows how to render Azure Maps Raster Tiles in the Leaflet JS map control.

Show Azure Maps in Leaflet layer control
Show Azure Maps in Leaflet layer control

This sample shows how to create add all the different Azure Maps tile layers to the layer control in leaflet.

Tile Layers (4)

Overlay raster tile layers on top the map using the same tiling system used by the base maps.

Tile Layer Options
Tile Layer Options

This sample shows how the different options of the tile layer affect rendering.

Tile Layer using X, Y, and Z
Tile Layer using X, Y, and Z

This sample shows how to create a simple tile layer which points to a set of tiles which use the x, y, zoom tiling system.

WMS Tile Layer
WMS Tile Layer

This sample shows how to create a tile layer which points to a Web Mapping Service (WMS).

WMTS Tile Layer
WMTS Tile Layer

This sample shows how to create a tile layer which points to a Web Mapping Tile Service (WMTS).

Traffic (4)

Overlay real-time traffic data on the map.

Traffic control options
Traffic control options

This sample shows how to use options with the traffic control. Users can use the traffic control to toggle traffic on and off in the map.

Traffic controls
Traffic controls

This sample shows how to add the traffic control that lets the user toggle the traffic on and off, as well as how to use the traffic legend control.

Traffic Overlay
Traffic Overlay

This sample shows how to show the traffic overlay over top of the map.

Traffic Overlay Options
Traffic Overlay Options

This sample shows how the different Traffic Options change how the traffic overlay is rendered on the map.

Tutorials (5)

These are the finished code samples for the tutorials in the Azure Maps documentation.

Interactive Search Quickstart
Interactive Search Quickstart

This tutorial shows how to create an interactive search experience.

Route to a destination
Route to a destination

This tutorial shows how to calculate a route and display it on the map.

Search for points of interest
Search for points of interest

This tutorial shows how to search for points of interest and display them on the map.

Simple Store Locator
Simple Store Locator

This tutorial shows how to create a simple store locator.

Multiple routes by mode of travel
Multiple routes by mode of travel

This tutorial shows how to perform multiple routes for different modes of travel and display them on the map.

Vector tiles (3)

Vector tiles are an efficient way to render larger data sets on the map.

Vector tile bubble layer
Vector tile bubble layer

This sample shows how to how to use a vector tile service to render point data on the map.

Vector tile heat map
Vector tile heat map

This sample shows how to how to use a vector tile service to render data as a heat map.

Vector tile line layer
Vector tile line layer

This sample shows how to how to use a vector tile service to render line data on the map.

Weather (7)

Azure Maps Weather Services has real-time weather and environmental information available anywhere in the world.

Current Air Quality
Current Air Quality

This sample shows how to retrieve current Air Quality data using the Azure Maps Weather REST API.

Forecasted Air Quality
Forecasted Air Quality

This sample shows how to retrieve forecasted Air Quality data using the Azure Maps Weather REST API.

Get current weather at a location
Get current weather at a location

This sample shows how to retrieve weather data using the Azure Maps Current Conditions REST API.

Get weather along a route
Get weather along a route

This sample shows how to retrieve weather data for all the waypoints along a route.

Historical Weather
Historical Weather

This sample shows how to retrieve historical weather data using the Azure Maps Weather REST API.

Show weather overlays on a map
Show weather overlays on a map

This sample shows how to add weather radar and infrared overlays to the map as a tile layer.

Tropical Storm Locations
Tropical Storm Locations

Get information of tropical storms, this includes; location coordinates, geometry, basin ID, date, wind details and wind radii.