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Display a remote SVG symbol

Uses a missing style image resolver to load a remote image and use it.

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

const map = new maplibregl.Map({
    container: 'map', // container id
    style: 'https://demotiles.maplibre.org/style.json', // style URL
    center: [0, 0], // starting position [lng, lat]
    zoom: 1, // starting zoom
    maplibreLogo: true
});

map.setMissingStyleImageResolver(async (id) => {
    const response = await fetch(id);
    const svgText = await response.text();
    const svg = 'data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(svgText);
    const image = new Image();
    const promise = new Promise((resolve) => {
        image.onload = resolve;
    });
    image.src = svg;
    await promise; // Wait for the image to load
    map.addImage(id, image);
});

map.on('load', () => {
    map.addSource('point', {
        'type': 'geojson',
        'data': {
            'type': 'FeatureCollection',
            'features': [
                {
                    'type': 'Feature',
                    'geometry': {
                        'type': 'Point',
                        'coordinates': [0, 0]
                    },
                },

            ]
        }
    });
    map.addLayer({
        'id': 'svg-symbol',
        'type': 'symbol',
        'source': 'point',
        'layout': {
            'icon-image': 'https://maplibre.org/maplibre-gl-js/docs/assets/logo.svg',
            'icon-overlap': 'always',
            'text-overlap': 'always'
        }
    });
});

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Display a remote SVG symbol</title>
    <meta property="og:description" content="Uses a missing style image resolver to load a remote image and use it." />
    <meta property="og:category" content="Icons & Symbols" />
    <meta property="og:created" content="2025-07-10" />
    <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', // container id
        style: 'https://demotiles.maplibre.org/style.json', // style URL
        center: [0, 0], // starting position [lng, lat]
        zoom: 1, // starting zoom
        maplibreLogo: true
    });

    map.setMissingStyleImageResolver(async (id) => {
        const response = await fetch(id);
        const svgText = await response.text();
        const svg = 'data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(svgText);
        const image = new Image();
        const promise = new Promise((resolve) => {
            image.onload = resolve;
        });
        image.src = svg;
        await promise; // Wait for the image to load
        map.addImage(id, image);
    });

    map.on('load', () => {
        map.addSource('point', {
            'type': 'geojson',
            'data': {
                'type': 'FeatureCollection',
                'features': [
                    {
                        'type': 'Feature',
                        'geometry': {
                            'type': 'Point',
                            'coordinates': [0, 0]
                        },
                    },

                ]
            }
        });
        map.addLayer({
            'id': 'svg-symbol',
            'type': 'symbol',
            'source': 'point',
            'layout': {
                'icon-image': 'https://maplibre.org/maplibre-gl-js/docs/assets/logo.svg',
                'icon-overlap': 'always',
                'text-overlap': 'always'
            }
        });
    });
</script>
</body>
</html>