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Weather

Weather layers allow you to dislay weather radar and satellite clouds data overlayed on the current map.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8" />
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maps-sdk.trimblemaps.com/v3/trimblemaps-3.17.0.css" />
        <script src="https://maps-sdk.trimblemaps.com/v3/trimblemaps-3.17.0.js"></script>
        <style>
            body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }

            #map {
                position: absolute;
                top: 0;
                bottom: 0;
                width: 100%;
            }

            #menu {
                position: absolute;
                background: #fff;
                padding: 10px;
                font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="map"></div>
        <div id="menu">
            <input id="weather_radar" type="radio" name="rtoggle" value="weather_radar" checked="checked" />
            <label for="weather_radar">radar</label>
            <input id="weather_cloud" type="radio" name="rtoggle" value="weather_cloud" />
            <label for="weather_cloud">clouds</label>
        </div>

        <script>
            TrimbleMaps.APIKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE';
            const map = new TrimbleMaps.Map({
                container: 'map', // container id
                style: TrimbleMaps.Common.Style.TRANSPORTATION, // hosted style id
                center: [-98.38, 38.69], // starting position
                zoom: 3 // starting zoom
            });

            function switchLayer(layerId) {
                if (layerId === 'weather_radar') {
                    map.setWeatherRadarVisibility(true);
                } else {
                    map.setWeatherRadarVisibility(false);
                }
                if (layerId === 'weather_cloud') {
                    map.setWeatherCloudVisibility(true);
                } else {
                    map.setWeatherCloudVisibility(false);
                }
            }

            function clickHandler (elem) {
                switchLayer(elem.target.value);
            }

            const layerList = document.getElementById('menu');
            const inputs = layerList.getElementsByTagName('input');

            map.on('load', function() {
                for (const element of inputs) {
                    element.onclick = clickHandler;
                    if(element.checked === true) {
                        switchLayer(element.id);
                    }
                }
            });

        </script>
    </body>
</html>
Last updated June 15, 2023.