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bzmw
bzmw

Reputation: 5983

Google Maps JS v3 and HTML5 JavaScript Frameworks

I'm currently working on a mapping project using the Google Maps JavaScript API.

But my application will be much more advanced then showing a single map and will eventually show multiple map "views" as well as options to manipulate the map using forms on the page.

I have used a couple different HTML 5 JavaScript frameworks such as Backbone.js, Angular.js as well as Ember.js for other projects but nothing has worked well with Google Maps.

I'm wondering if anyone would recommend using a particular JavaScript framework for working with Google Maps JavaScript v3 API. Preferably something with an active plugin/module for Google Maps would work best. I have created my own special views in Backbone for Google Maps but it does not work as "well" as I want it to.

If you have a suggestion to use a different mapping API, other than GMaps, I would love to hear about it too.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1435

Answers (4)

bzmw
bzmw

Reputation: 5983

Turns out there are two really great approaches.

  1. EmberJS + Leaflet http://gabesmed.github.io/ember-leaflet/
  2. AngularJS + Leaflet http://tombatossals.github.io/angular-leaflet-directive/#!/
  3. AngularJS + Google Maps http://nlaplante.github.io/angular-google-maps/#!/usage

I have decided to either use AngularJS or EmberJS with Leaflet, as the Leaflet API is much more robust than the Google Maps API. (imo)

Upvotes: 2

paddleman
paddleman

Reputation: 355

I second the ember-leaflet suggestion. You can use any map provider you want, through leaflet.

Upvotes: 1

Edu
Edu

Reputation: 2520

There is also an ember-leaflet proyect, seems interesting but I did not taste it yet.

https://github.com/gabesmed/ember-leaflet

http://gabesmed.github.io/ember-leaflet/

Good luck

Upvotes: 3

John
John

Reputation: 490

Not a Google maps solution, but you said you'd love to hear about other possible mapping solutions. Well, ArcGIS has a Javascript API https://developers.arcgis.com/en/javascript/ that is directly coupled with the Dojo javascript framework, though they do have a light version of the API as well that still runs off a stripped down version of dojo, but is more aimed at allowing integration with other JS frameworks.

May or may not meet what you're wanting, but it's an option anyway and figured I'd pass it along. They have a number of samples and such so I'd suggest you go there and take a look rather than me trying to explain.

Upvotes: 1

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