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MapsGL - Customizing wind particles

This example configures the wind-particles weather layer with a custom normalized color scale and different particle generation settings.

custom-wind-particles.html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <title>MapsGL SDK - Customizing wind particles</title> <meta name="description" content="Use a custom color scale and particle settings with the wind particles layer." /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /> <link href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.12.0/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <script defer src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.12.0/mapbox-gl.js"></script> <link href="https://cdn.aerisapi.com/sdk/js/mapsgl/1.9.0/aerisweather.mapsgl.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <script defer src="https://cdn.aerisapi.com/sdk/js/mapsgl/1.9.0/aerisweather.mapsgl.js"></script> <style> body, html { margin: 0; padding: 0; } #map { height: 100vh; width: 100%; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="map"></div> <script> window.addEventListener('load', () => { mapboxgl.accessToken = 'MAPBOX_TOKEN'; const map = new mapboxgl.Map({ container: document.getElementById('map'), style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/light-v9', center: [10.33207, 47.60621], zoom: 3 }); const account = new aerisweather.mapsgl.Account('CLIENT_ID', 'CLIENT_SECRET'); const controller = new aerisweather.mapsgl.MapboxMapController(map, { account }); controller.on('load', () => { controller.addWeatherLayer('wind-particles', { paint: { sample: { colorscale: { normalized: true, stops: [ 0, '#0b0089', 0.25, '#8800a8', 0.5, '#cf4875', 0.75, '#f99336', 1, '#f0fb00' ] } }, particle: { density: aerisweather.mapsgl.ParticleDensity.extreme, size: 1, speed: 2, trailsFade: 0.9 } } }); }); }); </script> </body> </html>
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