Gridviz is a JavaScript library for visualizing gridded data (or any tabular dataset with x/y coordinates for that matter) in the browser using a large variety of cartographic styles and techniques. Unlike traditional raster-based web mapping tools, Gridviz renders everything client-side, on the fly.
Visit the style gallery to see the different customisable styles available for visualizing gridded data with gridviz.
- Europe - 1km resolution - GEOSTAT/GISCO
- Germany - 100m resolution - Zensus 2011
- France - 200m resolution - INSEE Filosofi. Focus on total population and income.
- Norway - 250m resolution - SSB
- Croatia - 1km resolution - DZS 2015 grid
- France population, dark style
- Europe population as a mosaic
- Belgium population, as mixed resolution layer.
npm install gridviz
then
import * as gridviz from 'gridviz'
Or you can cherry-pick only the modules that you need, for example:
import { Map, SquareColorWebGLStyle } from 'gridviz'
Hereβs a basic example that loads a CSV file of a European population grid (5km resolution):
//define map with initial view
const map = new gridviz.Map(document.getElementById('map'), { x: 4500000, y: 2900000, z: 3000 })
//define dataset
const dataset = new gridviz.CSVGrid(map, "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eurostat/gridviz/master/assets/csv/Europe/pop_2018_10km.csv", 10000)
//define color for each cell
const colorFunction = (cell) => {
if (cell.population > 150000) return "#993404"
else if (cell.population > 60000) return "#d95f0e"
else if (cell.population > 20000) return "#fe9929"
else if (cell.population > 6000) return "#fec44f"
else if (cell.population > 1500) return "#fee391"
else return "#ffffd4"
}
//define style
const style = new gridviz.ShapeColorSizeStyle({ color: colorFunction })
//add layer to map
map.layers = [new gridviz.GridLayer(dataset, [style])]
See the documentation page for more information.
<script src="https://unpkg.com/gridviz/dist/gridviz.min.js"></script>
See the gridviz documentation page.
The document of the previous version 2.
In order to visualize large grids efficiently, you can produce tiled grids in a tiled grid format with GridTiler.
contributors | ![]() ![]() |
version | See npm |
status | Since 2020 |
license | EUPL 1.2 |
Feel free to ask support, fork the project or simply star it (it's always a pleasure).
The Eurostat NUTS dataset is copyrighted. There are specific provisions for the usage of this dataset which must be respected. The usage of these data is subject to their acceptance. See the Eurostat-GISCO website for more information.
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