Highmaps is a HTML5 mapping component optimized for creating schematic maps in web based projects. It extends the Highcharts JavaScript API and allows web developers to build interactive maps.
Highmaps is a HTML5 mapping component optimized for creating schematic maps in web based projects. It extends the Highcharts JavaScript API and allows web developers to build interactive maps.
Highmaps support various map types. Among these are: map area, map line, points of interest, bubbles on maps and heatmaps. These features correspond to series types in Highcharts.
It works in all modern browsers including the iPhone/iPad and Internet Explorer from version 6. Standard browsers use SVG for the graphics rendering. In legacy Internet Explorer graphics are drawn using VML.
It is commercial, but free for non-commercial usage.
It is open source and allows personal modification of the downloaded source code.
Highmaps accepts the standardized GeoJSON format for map input.