Leaflet.TileLayer.Fallback

Plugin for Leaflet. Replaces missing Tiles (404 error) by scaled lower zoom Tiles.

Leaflet is the leading open-source JavaScript library
for mobile-friendly interactive maps.

Size: 2 kB minified, < 1 kB gzipped.

Requirements

Leaflet 1.x
For Leaflet 0.7, use the v0.1.1 release or the leaflet-0.7 branch

Demo

TileLayer.Fallback demonstration page

Usage instructions

Quick Guide

HTML:

<!-- add TileLayer.Fallback script after Leaflet -->
<script src="leaflet.tilelayer.fallback.js"></script>

JavaScript:

var myTileLayer = L.tileLayer.fallback(url, options);

Now missing tiles will be automatically replaced by scaled up tiles from lower zoom levels.

Installing the plugin

Local copy

Download the “leaflet.tilelayer.fallback.js“ file from the v1.0.4 release.
Place the file alongside your page.
Add the script tag (see Quick Guide > HTML) to your page after Leaflet script.

CDN

You can alternatively use the free unpkg CDN service, but keep in mind that it “is a free, best-effort service and cannot provide any uptime or support guarantees“.

<!-- After Leaflet script -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/leaflet.tilelayer.fallback@1.0.4/dist/leaflet.tilelayer.fallback.js"></script>

Creation

Simply use the L.tileLayer.fallback factory instead of your regular L.tileLayer:

var myTileLayer = L.tileLayer.fallback(url, options);
myTileLayer.addTo(map);

API Reference

Creation

Factory	Description
L.tileLayer.fallback( `<String>` urlTemplate, `<TileLayer options>` options? )	Instantiates a tile layer object given a URL template and optionally an options object. When tile images return a 404 error, they are replaced by a scaled up tile from lower zoom.

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
minNativeZoom	`Number`	0	Minimum zoom number the tiles source has available. If tiles are missing down to that zoom level (included), they will be replaced by the standard Error Tile (specified by `errorTileUrl`). For zoom lower than `minNativeZoom`, standard Tile Layer behaviour applies, i.e. tiles are loaded from `minNativeZoom` and scaled down.

All other TileLayer options are applicable.

Events

Event	Data	Description
tilefallback	`TileFallbackEvent`	Fired when a tile is being replaced by a scaled up tile of lower zoom.

All other TileLayer events are applicable.

TileFallbackEvent

Property	Type	Description
`tile`	`HTMLElement`	The tile element (image).
`url`	`String`	The original source URL of the tile (before any fallback is applied).
`urlMissing`	`String`	The missing source URL of the tile (possibly after a few fallback attempts).
`urlFallback`	`String`	The fallback source URL of the tile (which may turn out to be also missing).

Methods

All regular TileLayer methods are applicable.

Limitations

TileLayer.Fallback plugin tries to replace each missing tile by its immediate
lower zoom equivalent, and if that one is also missing, it goes to lower zoom
again; and so on until a tile image is returned by the server, or it reaches
minNativeZoom.

That means it has to wait for the server to return a 404 error before attempting
to replace the tile by a lower zoom equivalent. If several zoom levels are
missing, it has to wait as many times as the number of missing zooms. Therefore,
the more missing zoom levels, the more time it takes to replace a tile.

License

Leaflet.TileLayer.Fallback is distributed under the Apache 2.0 License.