The use of Leaflet and GeoJSON files for creating the interactive web map of the preindustrial state of the natural environment

ABSTRACT

In the article is presented a method for creating an interactive web map of the preindustrial state on the basis of analogue nineteenth-century maps of Upper Silesia (southern Poland). The main objective was to present a universal operation scheme that would allow one to transform old topographic maps into interactive web maps. The Leaflet library was use as a working environment for programming. The most important element of the work was the use of GeoJSON files. Advantages and disadvantages of the developed scheme and applied solutions were indicated.

KEYWORDS:

• Interactive web map
• Leaflet
• GeoJSON
• topographic maps from the 19th century
• preindustrial state

Acknowledgments

The article is the result of research on the use of Leaflet and GeoJSON files for creating the interactive web map of the preindustrial state of the natural environment in the Department of Cartography and Geomatics, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, in Poland.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.