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Getting started with Angular Maps component

20 Apr 2021 / 9 minutes to read

This section explains you the steps required to create a map and demonstrate the basic usage of the maps control.

You can explore some useful features in the Maps component using the following video.

Setup Angular Environment

You can use Angular CLI to setup your Angular applications. To install Angular CLI use the following command.

npm install -g @angular/cli

Create an Angular Application

Start a new Angular application using below Angular CLI command.

ng new my-app
cd my-app

Adding Syncfusion Maps package

All the available Essential JS 2 packages are published in npmjs.com registry.

To install maps component, use the following command.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps --save

The —save will instruct NPM to include the maps package inside of the dependencies section of the package.json.

Registering Maps Module

Import Maps module into Angular application(app.module.ts) from the package @syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps [src/app/app.module.ts].

import { NgModule }      from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
// import the MapsModule for the Maps component
import { MapsModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { AppComponent }  from './app.component';

@NgModule({
  //declaration of chart module into NgModule
  imports:      [ BrowserModule, MapsModule ],
  declarations: [ AppComponent ],
  bootstrap:    [ AppComponent ]
})
export class AppModule { }

Modify the template in app.component.ts file to render the ej2-angular-maps component [src/app/app.component.ts].

import { Component, ViewEncapsulation } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-container',
  // specifies the template string for the maps component
  template: `<ejs-maps id='maps-container'></ejs-maps>`,
  encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None
})
export class AppComponent  { }

Now use the app-container in the index.html instead of default one.

<app-container></app-container>

Now run the application in the browser using the below command.

npm start

The below example shows a basic map.

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
selector: 'app-container',
// specifies the template string for the maps component
template: `<ejs-maps id="maps-container"></ejs-maps>`
})
export class AppComponent {

}

As we didn’t specify shapeData to the maps, no shape will be rendered and only an empty SVG element is appended to the maps container.

Module Injection

Maps component are segregated into individual feature-wise modules. In order to use a particular feature, you need to inject its feature module using Maps.Inject() method. Find the modules available in maps and its description as follows.

AnnotationsService - Inject this provider to use annotations feature.
BubbleService - Inject this provider to use bubble feature.
DataLabelService - Inject this provider to use data label feature.
HighlightService - Inject this provider to use highlight feature.
LegendService - Inject this provider to use legend feature.
MarkerService - Inject this provider to use marker feature.
MapsTooltipService - Inject this provider to use tooltip series.
NavigationLineService - Inject this provider to use navigation lines feature.
SelectionService - Inject this provider to use selection feature.
ZoomService - Inject this provider to use zooming and panning feature.

For this application we are going to use tooltip, data label and legend features of the maps. Now import the MapsTooltip, DataLabel and Legend modules from maps package @syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { MapsComponent,LegendService, DataLabelService,MapsTooltipService} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';

@NgModule({
   imports: [
       BrowserModule,
   ],
   declarations: [AppComponent, MapsComponent],
   bootstrap: [AppComponent],
   providers: [ MapsComponent,LegendService, DataLabelService,MapsTooltipService ]
})

Render shapes from GeoJSON data

This section explains how to bind GeoJSON data to the map.

let usMap: Object =
{
"type": "FeatureCollection",
"crs": { "type": "name", "properties": { "name": "urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC:1.3:CRS84" } },
"features": [
    { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "iso_3166_2": "MA", "name": "Massachusetts", "admin": "United States of America" }, "geometry":{
        "type": "MultiPolygon",
        "coordinates": [ [ [ [ -70.801756294617277, 41.248076234530558 ]] ] ] }
    }
]
//..
};

Elements in the maps will get rendered in the layers. So add a layer collection to the maps by using [layers]property. Now bind the GeoJSON data to the [shapeData] property.

[app.module.ts]

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app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { Maps } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { world_map } from 'world-map.ts';

@Component({
selector: 'app-container',
template:
`<ejs-maps id='rn-container'>
 <e-layers>
<e-layer [shapeData] = 'shapeData'></e-layer>
</e-layers>
</ejs-maps>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
ngOnInit(): void {
       public shapeData: object = world_map;
}
}

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { MapsModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { LegendService, MarkerService, MapsTooltipService, DataLabelService, BubbleService, NavigationLineService, SelectionService, AnnotationsService, ZoomService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule, MapsModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
     providers: [LegendService, MarkerService, MapsTooltipService, DataLabelService, BubbleService, NavigationLineService , SelectionService, AnnotationsService, ZoomService]
   
})
export class AppModule { }

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Bind data source to map

The following properties in layers are used for binding data source to map.

[dataSource]
[shapeDataPath]
[shapePropertyPath]

The [dataSource] property takes collection value as input. For example, the list of objects can be provided as input. This data is further used in tooltip, data label, bubble, legend and in color mapping.

The [shapeDataPath] property used to refer the data ID in dataSource. Where as, the [shapePropertyPath] property is used to refer the column name in shapeData to identify the shape. Both the properties are related to each other. When the values of the shapeDataPath property in the dataSource property and the value of shapePropertyPath in the shapeData property match, then the associated object from the dataSource is bound to the corresponding shape.

The JSON object “electionData” is used as data source below.

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app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { Maps } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { world_map } from 'world-map.ts';
@Component({
selector: 'app-container',
template:
`<ejs-maps id='rn-container' >
<e-layers>
<e-layer  [shapeData]= 'shapeData'  [shapePropertyPath]= 'shapePropertyPath' [shapeDataPath]= 'shapeDataPath' [dataSource] = 'dataSource'></e-layer>
</e-layers>
</ejs-maps>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
ngOnInit(): void {
    public dataSource: Object[] = [{  "Country": "China", "Membership": "Permanent"},
        {"Country": "France","Membership": "Permanent" },
        { "Country": "Russia","Membership": "Permanent"},
        {"Country": "Kazakhstan","Membership": "Non-Permanent"},
        { "Country": "Poland","Membership": "Non-Permanent"},
        {"Country": "Sweden","Membership": "Non-Permanent"}];
        public shapeData: Object = world_map;
public shapePropertyPath: String = 'name';
public shapeDataPath: String= 'Country';
};
}

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { MapsModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { LegendService, MarkerService, MapsTooltipService, DataLabelService, BubbleService, NavigationLineService, SelectionService, AnnotationsService, ZoomService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule, MapsModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
     providers: [LegendService, MarkerService, MapsTooltipService, DataLabelService, BubbleService, NavigationLineService , SelectionService, AnnotationsService, ZoomService]
   
})
export class AppModule { }

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Apply Color Mapping

The Color Mapping feature supports customization of shape colors based on the underlying value of shape received from bounded data. Specify the field name from which the values have to be compared for the shapes in [colorValuePath] property in [shapeSettings].

Specify color and value in [colorMapping] property. Here ‘#D84444’ is specified for ‘Trump’ and ‘#316DB5’ is specified for ‘Clinton’.

[app.module.ts]

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app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { Maps } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { world_map } from 'world-map.ts';
@Component({
selector: 'app-container',
template:
`<ejs-maps id='rn-container' >
<e-layers>
<e-layer  [shapeData]= 'shapeData'  [shapePropertyPath]= 'shapePropertyPath' [shapeDataPath]= 'shapeDataPath' [dataSource] = 'dataSource' [shapeSettings] = 'shapeSettings'></e-layer>
</e-layers>
</ejs-maps>`
})

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
ngOnInit(): void {
        public dataSource: Object[] = [{  "Country": "China", "Membership": "Permanent"},
        {"Country": "France","Membership": "Permanent" },
        { "Country": "Russia","Membership": "Permanent"},
        {"Country": "Kazakhstan","Membership": "Non-Permanent"},
        { "Country": "Poland","Membership": "Non-Permanent"},
        {"Country": "Sweden","Membership": "Non-Permanent"}];
        public shapeData: Object = world_map;
public shapePropertyPath: String = 'name';
public shapeDataPath: String= 'Country';
public shapeSettings: Object = {
            colorValuePath: 'Membership',
            colorMapping: [
            {
                value: 'Permanent', color: '#D84444'
            },
            {
                value: 'Non-Permanent', color: '#316DB5'
            }]
        };
   }
}

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { MapsModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { LegendService, MarkerService, MapsTooltipService, DataLabelService, BubbleService, NavigationLineService, SelectionService, AnnotationsService, ZoomService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule, MapsModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
     providers: [LegendService, MarkerService, MapsTooltipService, DataLabelService, BubbleService, NavigationLineService , SelectionService, AnnotationsService, ZoomService]
   
})
export class AppModule { }

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Add Title for Maps

You can add a title using [titleSettings] property to the map to provide quick information to the user about the shapes rendered in the map.

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app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { Maps } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { world_map } from 'world-map.ts';
@Component({
selector: 'app-container',
template:
`<ejs-maps id='rn-container' [titleSettings] = 'titleSettings' >
<e-layers>
<e-layer  [shapeData]= 'shapeData'  [shapePropertyPath]= 'shapePropertyPath' [shapeDataPath]= 'shapeDataPath' [dataSource] = 'dataSource' [shapeSettings] = 'shapeSettings'></e-layer>
</e-layers>
</ejs-maps>`
})

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
ngOnInit(): void {
    public titleSettings: object = {
     text: 'World map membership',
      titleStyle: {
        size: '16px'
       }
    }
        public dataSource: Object[] = [{  "Country": "China", "Membership": "Permanent"},
        {"Country": "France","Membership": "Permanent" },
        { "Country": "Russia","Membership": "Permanent"},
        {"Country": "Kazakhstan","Membership": "Non-Permanent"},
        { "Country": "Poland","Membership": "Non-Permanent"},
        {"Country": "Sweden","Membership": "Non-Permanent"}];
        public shapeData: Object = world_map;
public shapePropertyPath: String = 'name';
public shapeDataPath: String= 'Country';
public shapeSettings: Object = {
            colorValuePath: 'Membership',
            colorMapping: [
            {
                value: 'Permanent', color: '#D84444'
            },
            {
                value: 'Non-Permanent', color: '#316DB5'
            }]
        };
   }
}

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { MapsModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { LegendService, MarkerService, MapsTooltipService, DataLabelService, BubbleService, NavigationLineService, SelectionService, AnnotationsService, ZoomService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule, MapsModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
     providers: [LegendService, MarkerService, MapsTooltipService, DataLabelService, BubbleService, NavigationLineService , SelectionService, AnnotationsService, ZoomService]
   
})
export class AppModule { }

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Enable Legend

You can show legend for the maps by setting true to the [visible] property in [legendSettings] object and by injecting the LegendService module using @NgModule.providers method.

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app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { Maps, Legend } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { world_map } from 'world-map.ts';

Maps.Inject(Legend);
@Component({
selector: 'app-container',
template:
`<ejs-maps id='rn-container' [legendSettings] = 'legendSettings'>
<e-layers>
<e-layer  [shapeData]= 'shapeData'  [shapePropertyPath]= 'shapePropertyPath' [shapeDataPath]= 'shapeDataPath' [dataSource] = 'dataSource' [shapeSettings] = 'shapeSettings'></e-layer>
</e-layers>
</ejs-maps>`
})

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
ngOnInit(): void {
        public dataSource: Object[] = [{  "Country": "China", "Membership": "Permanent"},
        {"Country": "France","Membership": "Permanent" },
        { "Country": "Russia","Membership": "Permanent"},
        {"Country": "Kazakhstan","Membership": "Non-Permanent"},
        { "Country": "Poland","Membership": "Non-Permanent"},
        {"Country": "Sweden","Membership": "Non-Permanent"}];
        public shapeData: Object = world_map;
public shapePropertyPath: String = 'name';
public shapeDataPath: String= 'Country';
public shapeSettings: Object = {
            colorValuePath: 'Membership',
            colorMapping: [
            {
                value: 'Permanent', color: '#D84444'
            },
            {
                value: 'Non-Permanent', color: '#316DB5'
            }]
        };
        public legendSettings: Object = {
            visible: true
            }
   }
}

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { MapsModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { LegendService, MarkerService, MapsTooltipService, DataLabelService, BubbleService, NavigationLineService, SelectionService, AnnotationsService, ZoomService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule, MapsModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
     providers: [LegendService, MarkerService, MapsTooltipService, DataLabelService, BubbleService, NavigationLineService , SelectionService, AnnotationsService, ZoomService]
   
})
export class AppModule { }

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Add Data Label

You can add data labels to show additional information of the shapes in map. This can be achieved by setting [visible] property to true in the [dataLabelSettings] object and by injecting DataLabelService module using @NgModule.providers method.

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app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { Maps, DataLabel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { world_map } from 'world-map.ts';

Maps.Inject(DataLabel);
@Component({
selector: 'app-container',
template:
`<ejs-maps id='rn-container'  >
<e-layers>
<e-layer  [shapeData]= 'shapeData' [shapeSettings] = 'shapeSettings' [dataLabelSettings] = 'dataLabelSettings'></e-layer>
</e-layers>
</ejs-maps>`
})

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
ngOnInit(): void {
     public shapeData: Object = world_map;
     public shapeSettings: Object = {
            autofill: true
        };
        public dataLabelSettings: Object = {
            visible: true,
            labelPath: 'name',
            smartLabelMode: 'Trim'
        };
   }
}

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { MapsModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { LegendService, MarkerService, MapsTooltipService, DataLabelService, BubbleService, NavigationLineService, SelectionService, AnnotationsService, ZoomService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule, MapsModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
     providers: [LegendService, MarkerService, MapsTooltipService, DataLabelService, BubbleService, NavigationLineService , SelectionService, AnnotationsService, ZoomService]
   
})
export class AppModule { }

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

The tooltip is useful when you cannot display information by using the data labels due to space constraints. You can enable tooltip by setting the [visible] property as true in [tooltipSettings] object and by injecting MapsTooltipService module using @NgModule.providers method.

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app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { Maps, MapsTooltip, DataLabel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { world_map } from 'world-map.ts';

Maps.Inject(MapsTooltip, DataLabel);
@Component({
selector: 'app-container',
template:
`<ejs-maps id='rn-container'  >
<e-layers>
<e-layer  [shapeData]= 'shapeData' [shapeSettings] = 'shapeSettings' [dataLabelSettings] = 'dataLabelSettings'[tooltipSettings] = 'tooltipSettings'></e-layer>
</e-layers>
</ejs-maps>`
})

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
ngOnInit(): void {
     public shapeData: Object = world_map;
     public shapeSettings: Object = {
            autofill: true
        };
        public dataLabelSettings: Object = {
            visible: true,
            labelPath: 'name',
            smartLabelMode: 'Trim'
        };
        public tooltipSettings: Object = {
            visible: true,
            valuePath: 'name'
        };
   }
}

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { MapsModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
import { LegendService, MarkerService, MapsTooltipService, DataLabelService, BubbleService, NavigationLineService, SelectionService, AnnotationsService, ZoomService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-maps';
/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule, MapsModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
     providers: [LegendService, MarkerService, MapsTooltipService, DataLabelService, BubbleService, NavigationLineService , SelectionService, AnnotationsService, ZoomService]
   
})
export class AppModule { }

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Contents

Setup Angular Environment
Create an Angular Application
Adding Syncfusion Maps package
Registering Maps Module
Module Injection
Render shapes from GeoJSON data
Bind data source to map
Apply Color Mapping
Add Title for Maps
Enable Legend
Add Data Label
Enable Tooltip

Contents

Setup Angular Environment
Create an Angular Application
Adding Syncfusion Maps package
Registering Maps Module
Module Injection
Render shapes from GeoJSON data
Bind data source to map
Apply Color Mapping
Add Title for Maps
Enable Legend
Add Data Label
Enable Tooltip

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Getting started with Angular Maps component

Setup Angular Environment

Create an Angular Application

Adding Syncfusion Maps package

Registering Maps Module

Module Injection

Render shapes from GeoJSON data

Bind data source to map

Apply Color Mapping

Add Title for Maps

Enable Legend

Add Data Label

Enable Tooltip