Leaflet Moving Marker

Usage

Installation

npm install --save leaflet-moving-marker

API

Provide an array of destinations and marker will walk through each destination until array of destinations is drained.

interface MovingMarkerDestination {
    latLng: L.LatLng;
    /** Time to travel to latLng point from previous latLng*/
    duration: number;
}
 
interface MovingMarkerOptions {
    destinations?: Array<MovingMarkerDestination>;
}
Leaflet.movingMarker(latLng: L.LatLng, options: MovingMarkerOptions);

marker.start()

Starts the marker movement.

marker.pause()

Pause marker movement.

Events

'start'

When marker starts moving.

'destination'

When marker arrives to a new destination. Called with the destination object.

'destinationsdrained'

When all destinations are moved to and there is no more destination to go to.

'paused'

When marker is paused this event is fired.

Example

ar marker = L.movingMarker([37.809185, -122.477351], {
    destinations: [
        {
            latLng: [37.825766, -122.479218],
            duration: 2000,
        },
        {
            latLng: [37.831420, -122.479936],
            duration: 3000
        },
        {
            latLng: [37.832200, -122.480644],
            duration: 1000
        }
    ],
});
 
marker.addTo(map);

Rotating the marker

Using provided events and Leaflet DivIcon it's possible to rotate the marker on each destination..

First create a DivIcon that has a rotate method:

var RotatingIcon = L.DivIcon.extend({
    createIcon: function() {
        // outerDiv.style.transform is updated by Leaflet
        var outerDiv = document.createElement('div');
        this.div = document.createElement('div');
        outerDiv.appendChild(this.div);
        return outerDiv;
    },
    rotate(deg) {
        this.div.style.transform = 'rotate(' + deg + 'deg)';
    },
});

Use your icon with Moving Marker:

var icon = new RotatingIcon();
var marker = L.movingMarker(startLatLng, {
    destination: myDestinations,
    icon: icon,
});

Hook to start and destination events to rotate your marker:

 
marker.on('start', function() {
    icon.rotate(startingRotation);
});
marker.on('destination', function(destination) {
    icon.rotate(destination.rotation);
});

Development

npm install and npm start to watch for changes and see the results in browser.

License

MIT