A leaflet is a small sheet of printed paper that puts across a short message clearly and concisely. Businesses use leaflets to advertise their products and services. They’re often also used to let people know about new stores, special offers and events.

Is Leaflet JS an API?

Leaflet is the leading open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. … It works efficiently across all major desktop and mobile platforms, can be extended with lots of plugins, has a beautiful, easy to use and well-documented API and a simple, readable source code that is a joy to contribute to.

What does Leaflet do in R?

Leaflet is a powerful open-source Javascript library that powers interactive maps on the web. This lesson provides an overview of using leaflet , the namesake package in R, to create “slippy” web maps from R and integrate them into RShiny apps.