Dynamic Driving Directions Alongside Turf

Turf is at nowadays available as a Mapbox.js plugin and tin endure used to perform many mutual GIS operations. Over the concluding few weeks the Mapbox weblog has been posting a pose out of interesting examples of how Turf can endure used alongside the Mapbox platform:

Dynamic walkability estimation alongside Turf
Find your nearest loving cup of java alongside Turf
Turf for local gov: potholes as well as parking meters
Analyzing lx years of tornadoes alongside Turf

The posts on the Mapbox weblog supply a pose out of useful purpose cases of how Turf tin endure deployed alongside Mapbox as well as supply approximately useful tips for anyone who is looking to railroad train a Mapbox based map using the Turf plug-in.


On Th Mapbox posted a really dainty instance of using Turf alongside Mapbox driving directions. Keep on truckin' alongside Turf.js as well as Mapbox Directions animates a marking along a road from San Francisco to Oakland.

As the marking follows the driving road all the nearby electrical vehicle charging stations are automatically added to the map using Turf's .distance() method. You tin evidence how fast Turf tin procedure information on the wing past times dragging the offset as well as destination destination markers on the map to produce a novel route. Change the road as well as yous tin run across how the nearby electrical vehicle charging stations are updated straight off on the map.

As the animated marking follows a road yous tin too pick out whatever of the charging station markers on the map. The road is thus automatically updated to produce got inward a halt at the selected charging station.