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Add more projection options to MapLibre map layers #6591
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I am not sure if I should put this feature request should be here or in Plotly.py I put one in Plotly.py plotly/plotly.py#4189 (comment)
Hi, I would like to see projection support in Mapbox map layers like, px.scatter_mapbox, such as 'globe' projection (which will make a tile-based 3d globe map). I noticed that Plotly is integrated with Mapbox-gl, and the Mapbox-GL support different projections, so it should be easy to have this option in Plotly. It looks like it's already supported in scatter_geo (see the doc)but not Mapbox layers.
See projections support in Mapbox-GL here. See what's looks like with projection here,
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alexcjohnson commentedon May 5, 2023
According to their docs page you linked:
Unfortunately we can't advance beyond v1.x of mapbox-gl because they changed their license to one that's incompatible with use in libraries like ours. You can read more about this here: https://www.geoapify.com/mapbox-gl-new-license-and-6-free-alternatives
this-josh commentedon Jun 18, 2023
MapLibre is an open-source continuation of Mapbox v1. Incidentally, they have recently released a bounty for a map view . Would Plotly ever consider replacing Mapbox with MapLibre?
archmoj commentedon Jun 19, 2023
That's interesting.
@this-josh Are you interested in submitting a PR request?
this-josh commentedon Jul 27, 2023
Sorry I looked into this and don't believe I'm able to at the moment.
griff-rees commentedon Nov 26, 2023
See #5578 and plotly/Plotly.NET#282 (comment)
birkskyum commentedon Jun 1, 2024
@archmoj , there is some projection support now in MapLibre https://maplibre.org/maplibre-style-spec/projection/ , starting with experimental globe mode (update on that in the May newsletter here).
Let me know if you need anything for a migration to MapLibre.
archmoj commentedon Jun 5, 2024
Thanks @birkskyum for the note.
Please feel free to open a pull request.
cc: #5578
SterlingButters commentedon Oct 29, 2025
@gvwilson @archmoj Can I also suggest: https://github.com/vasturiano/react-globe.gl
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