Leaflet Categorical Icons Map
A point-of-interest map where every marker is a categorically-styled custom icon — emoji, SVG glyph, or letter — colored by category, so the map reads like a guidebook the moment it loads. Restaurants, hotels, parks, museums, transit stops, EV chargers, ATMs, hospitals: each has
Template details
- map
- icons
- categories
- poi
- leaflet
- interactive
When to use this template
This visualization makes the spatial distribution and identity of distinct categories of locations immediately apparent. An analyst would reach for it when the type of each point is paramount, and users need to quickly identify and differentiate locations based on their function or characteristic, much like reading a legend on a physical map.
- Geospatial point data, each with latitude and longitude.
- A single, primary categorical variable for each point.
- Datasets where individual points' categories are more important than their density.
- A moderate number of distinct categories, typically 5 to 15.
- Each point having a unique name and optional brief description.
- Data where custom, pictographic icons enhance immediate recognition.