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Animate symbol to follow the mouse

Animate symbol to follow the mouse.

import * as maplibregl from 'https://unpkg.com/maplibre-gl@6.2.0/dist/maplibre-gl.mjs';

    const map = new maplibregl.Map({
        container: 'map',
        projection: {type: 'globe'},
        style: 'https://demotiles.maplibre.org/style.json',
        center: [0, 0],
        zoom: 2
    });

    map.on('mousemove', (e) => {
        const lngLat = e.lngLat.wrap();
        const pointSource = map.getSource('point');

        if (pointSource && lngLat.lng && lngLat.lat) {
            pointSource.setData({
                'type': 'Point',
                'coordinates': [lngLat.lng, lngLat.lat]
            });
        }
    });
    map.addControl(new maplibregl.GlobeControl());

    map.on('load', () => {

        map.addSource('point', {
            'type': 'geojson',
            'data': {
                'type': 'Point',
                'coordinates': [0, 0]
            }
        });

        map.addLayer({
            'id': 'point',
            'source': 'point',
            'type': 'circle',
            'paint': {
                'circle-radius': 10,
                'circle-color': '#007cbf'
            }
        });
    });

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Animate symbol to follow the mouse</title>
    <meta property="og:description" content="Animate symbol to follow the mouse." />
    <meta property="og:category" content="Events & Queries" />
    <meta property="og:created" content="2025-06-25" />
    <meta charset='utf-8'>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <link rel='stylesheet' href='https://unpkg.com/maplibre-gl@6.2.0/dist/maplibre-gl.css' />

    <style>
        body {
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;
        }

        html,
        body,
        #map {
            height: 100%;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <div id="map"></div>
    <script type="module">
    import * as maplibregl from 'https://unpkg.com/maplibre-gl@6.2.0/dist/maplibre-gl.mjs';

        const map = new maplibregl.Map({
            container: 'map',
            projection: {type: 'globe'},
            style: 'https://demotiles.maplibre.org/style.json',
            center: [0, 0],
            zoom: 2
        });

        map.on('mousemove', (e) => {
            const lngLat = e.lngLat.wrap();
            const pointSource = map.getSource('point');

            if (pointSource && lngLat.lng && lngLat.lat) {
                pointSource.setData({
                    'type': 'Point',
                    'coordinates': [lngLat.lng, lngLat.lat]
                });
            }
        });
        map.addControl(new maplibregl.GlobeControl());

        map.on('load', () => {

            map.addSource('point', {
                'type': 'geojson',
                'data': {
                    'type': 'Point',
                    'coordinates': [0, 0]
                }
            });

            map.addLayer({
                'id': 'point',
                'source': 'point',
                'type': 'circle',
                'paint': {
                    'circle-radius': 10,
                    'circle-color': '#007cbf'
                }
            });
        });
    </script>
</body>

</html>