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Date Published
Author
CARTO Contributors
Word count
2056
Language
English
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None

Summary

The text provides a comprehensive guide on how to use CARTO.js with React to create a map application that displays geospatial data from the CARTO platform. The application demonstrates basic concepts of CARTO.js, including creating a client, layers, and dataviews, as well as integrating it with React components. It showcases how to display a histogram widget that updates in real-time as the user zooms or pans the map, using filters to only show data within the visible area. The application also includes a layer component that can be customized with different styles and colors based on the histogram data. The guide provides detailed explanations of key concepts, including CartoCSS, carto.Source, carto.Style, carto.Client, carto.dataview.Formula, carto.layer.Layer, carto.filter.BoundingBoxLeaflet, and carto.filter.BoundingSphereLeaflet.