Winter on Mars
Winter on Mars Today's #30DayMapChallenge is to map "something non-Earth". As the holiday season is fast approaching, I therefore decided to create a little Christmas message from Mars ? This latest interactive map lets you explore the Martian surface while enjoying a snowfall animation - all from the comfort of your browser. Exploring Mars in Leaflet The map is built using Leaflet , the lightweight, open-source JavaScript mapping library. We’re using a high-resolution shaded relief basemap of Mars provided by OpenPlanetary . The tiles are served through a standard TMS endpoint. All my other #30DayMapChallenge maps have been created using MapLibre GL, but for this Mars map I chose Leaflet - mainly because MapLibre GL JS only supports EPSG:3857 (Web Mercator). The high-resolution shaded relief tiles from OpenPlanetary are provided in EPSG:4326, and MapLibre struggles to display raster tiles in projections other than Web Mercator without distortion. Leaflet, on th...
