Expressions¶
The value for any layout
property, paint
property, or filter
property may be specified as an expression. An expression defines a formula for computing the value of the property using the operators described below. The set of expression operators provided by MapLibre includes:
- Mathematical operators for performing arithmetic and other operations on numeric values
- Logical operators for manipulating boolean values and making conditional decisions
- String operators for manipulating strings
- Data operators, providing access to the properties of source features
- Camera operators, providing access to the parameters defining the current map view
Expressions are represented as JSON arrays. The first element of an expression array is a string naming the expression operator, e.g. "*"
or "case"
. Elements that follow (if any) are the arguments to the expression. Each argument is either a literal value (a string, number, boolean, or null
), or another expression array.
Data expressions¶
A data expression is any expression that access feature data -- that is, any expression that uses one of the data operators: get
, has
, id
, geometry-type
, properties
, or feature-state
. Data expressions allow a feature's properties or state to determine its appearance. They can be used to differentiate features within the same layer and to create data visualizations.
{
"circle-color": [
"rgb",
// red is higher when feature.properties.temperature is higher
["get", "temperature"],
// green is always zero
0,
// blue is higher when feature.properties.temperature is lower
["-", 100, ["get", "temperature"]]
]
}
This example uses the get
operator to get the temperature
value of each feature. That value is used to compute arguments to the rgb
operator, defining a color in terms of its red, green, and blue components.
Data expressions are allowed as the value of the filter
property, and as values for most paint and layout properties. However, some paint and layout properties do not yet support data expressions. The level of support is indicated by the "data-driven styling" row of the "SDK Support" table for each property. Data expressions with the feature-state
operator are allowed only on paint properties.
Camera expressions¶
A camera expression is any expression that uses the zoom
operator. Such expressions allow the appearance of a layer to change with the map's zoom level. Camera expressions can be used to create the appearance of depth and to control data density.
{
"circle-radius": [
"interpolate", ["linear"], ["zoom"],
// zoom is 5 (or less) -> circle radius will be 1px
5, 1,
// zoom is 10 (or greater) -> circle radius will be 5px
10, 5
]
}
This example uses the interpolate
operator to define a linear relationship between zoom level and circle size using a set of input-output pairs. In this case, the expression indicates that the circle radius should be 1 pixel when the zoom level is 5 or below, and 5 pixels when the zoom is 10 or above. Between the two zoom levels, the circle radius will be linearly interpolated between 1 and 5 pixels
Camera expressions are allowed anywhere an expression may be used. When a camera expression used as the value of a layout or paint property, it must be in one of the following forms:
Or:
Or:
Or:
That is, in layout or paint properties, ["zoom"]
may appear only as the input to an outer interpolate
or step
expression, or such an expression within a let
expression.
There is an important difference between layout and paint properties in the timing of camera expression evaluation. Paint property camera expressions are re-evaluated whenever the zoom level changes, even fractionally. For example, a paint property camera expression will be re-evaluated continuously as the map moves between zoom levels 4.1 and 4.6. A layout property camera expression is evaluated only at integer zoom levels. It will not be re-evaluated as the zoom changes from 4.1 to 4.6 -- only if it goes above 5 or below 4.
Composition¶
A single expression may use a mix of data operators, camera operators, and other operators. Such composite expressions allows a layer's appearance to be determined by a combination of the zoom level and individual feature properties.
{
"circle-radius": [
"interpolate", ["linear"], ["zoom"],
// when zoom is 0, set each feature's circle radius to the value of its "rating" property
0, ["get", "rating"],
// when zoom is 10, set each feature's circle radius to four times the value of its "rating" property
10, ["*", 4, ["get", "rating"]]
]
}
An expression that uses both data and camera operators is considered both a data expression and a camera expression, and must adhere to the restrictions described above for both.
Type system¶
The input arguments to expressions, and their result values, use the same set of types as the rest of the style specification: boolean, string, number, color, and arrays of these types. Furthermore, expressions are type safe: each use of an expression has a known result type and required argument types, and the SDKs verify that the result type of an expression is appropriate for the context in which it is used. For example, the result type of an expression in the filter
property must be boolean, and the arguments to the "+"
operator must be numbers.
When working with feature data, the type of a feature property value is typically not known ahead of time by the SDK. To preserve type safety, when evaluating a data expression, the SDK will check that the property value is appropriate for the context. For example, if you use the expression ["get", "feature-color"]
for the circle-color
property, the SDK will verify that the feature-color
value of each feature is a string identifying a valid color. If this check fails, an error will be indicated in an SDK-specific way (typically a log message), and the default value for the property will be used instead.
In most cases, this verification will occur automatically wherever it is needed. However, in certain situations, the SDK may be unable to automatically determine the expected result type of a data expression from surrounding context. For example, it is not clear whether the expression ["<", ["get", "a"], ["get", "b"]]
is attempting to compare strings or numbers. In situations like this, you can use one of the type assertion expression operators to indicate the expected type of a data expression: ["<", ["number", ["get", "a"]], ["number", ["get", "b"]]]
. A type assertion checks that the feature data matches the expected type of the data expression. If this check fails, it produces an error and causes the whole expression to fall back to the default value for the property being defined. The assertion operators are array
, boolean
, number
, and string
.
Expressions perform only one kind of implicit type conversion: a data expression used in a context where a color is expected will convert a string representation of a color to a color value. In all other cases, if you want to convert between types, you must use one of the type conversion expression operators: to-boolean
, to-number
, to-string
, or to-color
. For example, if you have a feature property that stores numeric values in string format, and you want to use those values as numbers rather than strings, you can use an expression such as ["to-number", ["get", "property-name"]]
.
If an expression accepts an array argument and the user supplies an array literal, that array must be wrapped in a literal
expression (see the examples below). When GL-JS encounters an array in a style-spec property value, it will assume that the array is an expression and try to parse it; the library has no way to distinguish between an expression which failed validation and an array literal unless the developer makes this distinction explicit with the literal
operator. The literal
operator is not necessary if the array is returned from a sub-expression, e.g. ["in", 1, ["get", "myArrayProp"]]
.
// will throw an error
{
"circle-color": ["in", 1, [1, 2, 3]]
}
// will work as expected
{
"circle-color": ["in", 1, ["literal", [1, 2, 3]]]
}
Variable binding¶
let¶
Binds expressions to named variables, which can then be referenced in the result expression using ["var", "variable_name"]
.
Syntax:
Example:
"some-property": [
"let",
"someNumber",
500,
[
"interpolate",
["linear"],
["var", "someNumber"],
274,
"#edf8e9",
1551,
"#006d2c"
]
]
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
var¶
References variable bound using let
.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
Types¶
literal¶
Provides a literal array or object value.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
array¶
Asserts that the input is an array (optionally with a specific item type and length). If, when the input expression is evaluated, it is not of the asserted type, then this assertion will cause the whole expression to be aborted.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
typeof¶
Returns a string describing the type of the given value.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
string¶
Asserts that the input value is a string. If multiple values are provided, each one is evaluated in order until a string is obtained. If none of the inputs are strings, the expression is an error.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
number¶
Asserts that the input value is a number. If multiple values are provided, each one is evaluated in order until a number is obtained. If none of the inputs are numbers, the expression is an error.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
boolean¶
Asserts that the input value is a boolean. If multiple values are provided, each one is evaluated in order until a boolean is obtained. If none of the inputs are booleans, the expression is an error.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
object¶
Asserts that the input value is an object. If multiple values are provided, each one is evaluated in order until an object is obtained. If none of the inputs are objects, the expression is an error.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
collator¶
Returns a collator
for use in locale-dependent comparison operations. The case-sensitive
and diacritic-sensitive
options default to false
. The locale
argument specifies the IETF language tag of the locale to use. If none is provided, the default locale is used. If the requested locale is not available, the collator
will use a system-defined fallback locale. Use resolved-locale
to test the results of locale fallback behavior.
Syntax:
["collator", collator, { "case-sensitive": boolean, "diacritic-sensitive": boolean, "locale": string }]: collator
Example:
"some-property": [
"collator",
{
"case-sensitive": true,
"diacritic-sensitive": true,
"locale": "fr"
}
]
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.45.0 | 6.5.0 | 4.2.0 |
format¶
Returns a formatted
string for displaying mixed-format text in the text-field
property. The input may contain a string literal or expression, including an 'image'
expression. Strings may be followed by a style override object that supports the following properties:
-
"text-font"
: Overrides the font stack specified by the root layout property. -
"text-color"
: Overrides the color specified by the root paint property. -
"font-scale"
: Applies a scaling factor ontext-size
as specified by the root layout property.
Syntax:
["format", value, { "text-font": string, "text-color": color, "font-scale": number }, ...]: formatted
Example:
"some-property": [
"format",
["upcase", ["get", "FacilityName"]],
{"font-scale": 0.8},
"\n\n",
{},
["downcase", ["get", "Comments"]],
{"font-scale": 0.6}
]
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.48.0 | 6.7.0 | 4.6.0 |
text-font | 0.48.0 | 6.7.0 | 4.6.0 |
font-scale | 0.48.0 | 6.7.0 | 4.6.0 |
text-color | 1.3.0 | 7.3.0 | 4.10.0 |
image | 1.6.0 | 8.6.0 | 5.7.0 |
image¶
Returns an image
type for use in icon-image
, *-pattern
entries and as a section in the format
expression. If set, the image
argument will check that the requested image exists in the style and will return either the resolved image name or null
, depending on whether or not the image is currently in the style. This validation process is synchronous and requires the image to have been added to the style before requesting it in the image
argument.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 1.4.0 | 8.6.0 | 5.7.0 |
number-format¶
Converts the input number into a string representation using the providing formatting rules. If set, the locale
argument specifies the locale to use, as a BCP 47 language tag. If set, the currency
argument specifies an ISO 4217 code to use for currency-style formatting. If set, the min-fraction-digits
and max-fraction-digits
arguments specify the minimum and maximum number of fractional digits to include.
Syntax:
["number-format", number, { "locale": string, "currency": string, "min-fraction-digits": number, "max-fraction-digits": number }]: string
Example:
"some-property": [
"number-format",
["get", "mag"],
{"min-fraction-digits": 1, "max-fraction-digits": 1}
]
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.54.0 | 8.4.0 | ✅ |
to-string¶
Converts the input value to a string. If the input is null
, the result is ""
. If the input is a boolean, the result is "true"
or "false"
. If the input is a number, it is converted to a string as specified by the "NumberToString" algorithm of the ECMAScript Language Specification. If the input is a color, it is converted to a string of the form "rgba(r,g,b,a)"
, where r
, g
, and b
are numerals ranging from 0 to 255, and a
ranges from 0 to 1. Otherwise, the input is converted to a string in the format specified by the JSON.stringify
function of the ECMAScript Language Specification.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
to-number¶
Converts the input value to a number, if possible. If the input is null
or false
, the result is 0. If the input is true
, the result is 1. If the input is a string, it is converted to a number as specified by the "ToNumber Applied to the String Type" algorithm of the ECMAScript Language Specification. If multiple values are provided, each one is evaluated in order until the first successful conversion is obtained. If none of the inputs can be converted, the expression is an error.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
to-boolean¶
Converts the input value to a boolean. The result is false
when then input is an empty string, 0, false
, null
, or NaN
; otherwise it is true
.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
to-color¶
Converts the input value to a color. If multiple values are provided, each one is evaluated in order until the first successful conversion is obtained. If none of the inputs can be converted, the expression is an error.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
Lookup¶
at¶
Retrieves an item from an array.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
in¶
Determines whether an item exists in an array or a substring exists in a string.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 1.6.0 | 9.1.0 | 5.8.0 |
index-of¶
Returns the first position at which an item can be found in an array or a substring can be found in a string, or -1
if the input cannot be found. Accepts an optional index from where to begin the search. In a string, a UTF-16 surrogate pair counts as a single position.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 1.10.0 | 10.3.0 | 6.0.0 |
slice¶
Returns an item from an array or a substring from a string from a specified start index, or between a start index and an end index if set. The return value is inclusive of the start index but not of the end index. In a string, a UTF-16 surrogate pair counts as a single position.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 1.10.0 | 10.3.0 | 6.0.0 |
get¶
Retrieves a property value from the current feature's properties, or from another object if a second argument is provided. Returns null if the requested property is missing.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
has¶
Tests for the presence of an property value in the current feature's properties, or from another object if a second argument is provided.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
length¶
Gets the length of an array or string. In a string, a UTF-16 surrogate pair counts as a single position.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
Decision¶
case¶
Selects the first output whose corresponding test condition evaluates to true, or the fallback value otherwise.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
match¶
Selects the output whose label value matches the input value, or the fallback value if no match is found. The input can be any expression (e.g. ["get", "building_type"]
). Each label must be either:
-
a single literal value; or
-
an array of literal values, whose values must be all strings or all numbers (e.g.
[100, 101]
or["c", "b"]
). The input matches if any of the values in the array matches, similar to the"in"
operator.
Each label must be unique. If the input type does not match the type of the labels, the result will be the fallback value.
Syntax:
Example:
"some-property": [
"match",
["get", "building_type"],
"residential",
"#f00",
"commercial",
"#0f0",
"#000"
]
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
coalesce¶
Evaluates each expression in turn until the first non-null value is obtained, and returns that value.
Syntax:
Example:
"some-property": [
"coalesce",
["image", ["concat", ["get", "icon"], "_15"]],
["image", "marker_15"]
]
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
==¶
Returns true
if the input values are equal, false
otherwise. The comparison is strictly typed: values of different runtime types are always considered unequal. Cases where the types are known to be different at parse time are considered invalid and will produce a parse error. Accepts an optional collator
argument to control locale-dependent string comparisons.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
collator | 0.45.0 | 6.5.0 | 4.2.0 |
!=¶
Returns true
if the input values are not equal, false
otherwise. The comparison is strictly typed: values of different runtime types are always considered unequal. Cases where the types are known to be different at parse time are considered invalid and will produce a parse error. Accepts an optional collator
argument to control locale-dependent string comparisons.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
collator | 0.45.0 | 6.5.0 | 4.2.0 |
>¶
Returns true
if the first input is strictly greater than the second, false
otherwise. The arguments are required to be either both strings or both numbers; if during evaluation they are not, expression evaluation produces an error. Cases where this constraint is known not to hold at parse time are considered in valid and will produce a parse error. Accepts an optional collator
argument to control locale-dependent string comparisons.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
collator | 0.45.0 | 6.5.0 | 4.2.0 |
<¶
Returns true
if the first input is strictly less than the second, false
otherwise. The arguments are required to be either both strings or both numbers; if during evaluation they are not, expression evaluation produces an error. Cases where this constraint is known not to hold at parse time are considered in valid and will produce a parse error. Accepts an optional collator
argument to control locale-dependent string comparisons.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
collator | 0.45.0 | 6.5.0 | 4.2.0 |
>=¶
Returns true
if the first input is greater than or equal to the second, false
otherwise. The arguments are required to be either both strings or both numbers; if during evaluation they are not, expression evaluation produces an error. Cases where this constraint is known not to hold at parse time are considered in valid and will produce a parse error. Accepts an optional collator
argument to control locale-dependent string comparisons.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
collator | 0.45.0 | 6.5.0 | 4.2.0 |
<=¶
Returns true
if the first input is less than or equal to the second, false
otherwise. The arguments are required to be either both strings or both numbers; if during evaluation they are not, expression evaluation produces an error. Cases where this constraint is known not to hold at parse time are considered in valid and will produce a parse error. Accepts an optional collator
argument to control locale-dependent string comparisons.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
collator | 0.45.0 | 6.5.0 | 4.2.0 |
all¶
Returns true
if all the inputs are true
, false
otherwise. The inputs are evaluated in order, and evaluation is short-circuiting: once an input expression evaluates to false
, the result is false
and no further input expressions are evaluated.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
any¶
Returns true
if any of the inputs are true
, false
otherwise. The inputs are evaluated in order, and evaluation is short-circuiting: once an input expression evaluates to true
, the result is true
and no further input expressions are evaluated.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
!¶
Logical negation. Returns true
if the input is false
, and false
if the input is true
.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
within¶
Returns true
if the evaluated feature is fully contained inside a boundary of the input geometry, false
otherwise. The input value can be a valid GeoJSON of type Polygon
, MultiPolygon
, Feature
, or FeatureCollection
. Supported features for evaluation:
-
Point
: Returnsfalse
if a point is on the boundary or falls outside the boundary. -
LineString
: Returnsfalse
if any part of a line falls outside the boundary, the line intersects the boundary, or a line's endpoint is on the boundary.
Syntax:
Example:
"some-property": [
"within",
{
"type": "Polygon",
"coordinates": [
[[0, 0], [0, 5], [5, 5], [5, 0], [0, 0]]
]
}
]
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 1.9.0 | 9.1.0 | 5.8.0 |
Ramps, scales, curves¶
step¶
Produces discrete, stepped results by evaluating a piecewise-constant function defined by pairs of input and output values ("stops"). The input
may be any numeric expression (e.g., ["get", "population"]
). Stop inputs must be numeric literals in strictly ascending order. Returns the output value of the stop just less than the input, or the first output if the input is less than the first stop.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.42.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
interpolate¶
Produces continuous, smooth results by interpolating between pairs of input and output values ("stops"). The input
may be any numeric expression (e.g., ["get", "population"]
). Stop inputs must be numeric literals in strictly ascending order. The output type must be number
, array<number>
, or color
.
Interpolation types:
-
["linear"]
, or an expression returning one of those types: Interpolates linearly between the pair of stops just less than and just greater than the input. -
["exponential", base]
: Interpolates exponentially between the stops just less than and just greater than the input.base
controls the rate at which the output increases: higher values make the output increase more towards the high end of the range. With values close to 1 the output increases linearly. -
["cubic-bezier", x1, y1, x2, y2]
: Interpolates using the cubic bezier curve defined by the given control points.
Syntax:
["interpolate", ["linear"] | ["exponential", base] | ["cubic-bezier", x1, y1, x2, y2], number, number, number, ...]: number | array<number> | color
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.42.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
interpolate-hcl¶
Produces continuous, smooth results by interpolating between pairs of input and output values ("stops"). Works like interpolate
, but the output type must be color
, and the interpolation is performed in the Hue-Chroma-Luminance color space.
Syntax:
["interpolate-hcl", ["linear"] | ["exponential", base] | ["cubic-bezier", x1, y1, x2, y2], number, number, number, ...]: color
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.49.0 | ❌ (#2784) | ❌ (#2784) |
interpolate-lab¶
Produces continuous, smooth results by interpolating between pairs of input and output values ("stops"). Works like interpolate
, but the output type must be color
, and the interpolation is performed in the CIELAB color space.
Syntax:
["interpolate-lab", ["linear"] | ["exponential", base] | ["cubic-bezier", x1, y1, x2, y2], number, number, number, ...]: color
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.49.0 | ❌ (#2784) | ❌ (#2784) |
Math¶
ln2¶
Returns mathematical constant ln(2).
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
pi¶
Returns the mathematical constant pi.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
e¶
Returns the mathematical constant e.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
+¶
Returns the sum of the inputs.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
*¶
Returns the product of the inputs.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
-¶
For two inputs, returns the result of subtracting the second input from the first. For a single input, returns the result of subtracting it from 0.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
/¶
Returns the result of floating point division of the first input by the second.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
%¶
Returns the remainder after integer division of the first input by the second.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
^¶
Returns the result of raising the first input to the power specified by the second.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
sqrt¶
Returns the square root of the input.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.42.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
log10¶
Returns the base-ten logarithm of the input.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
ln¶
Returns the natural logarithm of the input.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
log2¶
Returns the base-two logarithm of the input.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
sin¶
Returns the sine of the input.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
cos¶
Returns the cosine of the input.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
tan¶
Returns the tangent of the input.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
asin¶
Returns the arcsine of the input.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
acos¶
Returns the arccosine of the input.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
atan¶
Returns the arctangent of the input.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
min¶
Returns the minimum value of the inputs.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
max¶
Returns the maximum value of the inputs.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
round¶
Rounds the input to the nearest integer. Halfway values are rounded away from zero. For example, ["round", -1.5]
evaluates to -2.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.45.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
abs¶
Returns the absolute value of the input.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.45.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
ceil¶
Returns the smallest integer that is greater than or equal to the input.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.45.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
floor¶
Returns the largest integer that is less than or equal to the input.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.45.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
distance¶
Returns the shortest distance in meters between the evaluated feature and the input geometry. The input value can be a valid GeoJSON of type Point
, MultiPoint
, LineString
, MultiLineString
, Polygon
, MultiPolygon
, Feature
, or FeatureCollection
. Distance values returned may vary in precision due to loss in precision from encoding geometries, particularly below zoom level 13.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 4.2.0 | 9.2.0 | 5.9.0 |
Color¶
to-rgba¶
Returns a four-element array containing the input color's red, green, blue, and alpha components, in that order.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
rgb¶
Creates a color value from red, green, and blue components, which must range between 0 and 255, and an alpha component of 1. If any component is out of range, the expression is an error.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
rgba¶
Creates a color value from red, green, blue components, which must range between 0 and 255, and an alpha component which must range between 0 and 1. If any component is out of range, the expression is an error.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
Feature data¶
properties¶
Gets the feature properties object. Note that in some cases, it may be more efficient to use ["get", "property_name"] directly.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
feature-state¶
Retrieves a property value from the current feature's state. Returns null if the requested property is not present on the feature's state. A feature's state is not part of the GeoJSON or vector tile data, and must be set programmatically on each feature. When source.promoteId
is not provided, features are identified by their id
attribute, which must be an integer or a string that can be cast to an integer. When source.promoteId
is provided, features are identified by their promoteId
property, which may be a number, string, or any primitive data type. Note that ["feature-state"] can only be used with paint properties that support data-driven styling.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.46.0 | ❌ (#1698) | ❌ (#1698) |
geometry-type¶
Gets the feature's geometry type: Point
, MultiPoint
, LineString
, MultiLineString
, Polygon
, MultiPolygon
.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
id¶
Gets the feature's id, if it has one.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
line-progress¶
Gets the progress along a gradient line. Can only be used in the line-gradient
property.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.45.0 | 6.5.0 | 4.6.0 |
accumulated¶
Gets the value of a cluster property accumulated so far. Can only be used in the clusterProperties
option of a clustered GeoJSON source.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.53.0 | ✅ | ✅ |
Zoom¶
zoom¶
Gets the current zoom level. Note that in style layout and paint properties, ["zoom"] may only appear as the input to a top-level "step" or "interpolate" expression.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
Heatmap¶
heatmap-density¶
Gets the kernel density estimation of a pixel in a heatmap layer, which is a relative measure of how many data points are crowded around a particular pixel. Can only be used in the heatmap-color
property.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
String¶
is-supported-script¶
Returns true
if the input string is expected to render legibly. Returns false
if the input string contains sections that cannot be rendered without potential loss of meaning (e.g. Indic scripts that require complex text shaping, or right-to-left scripts if the the mapbox-gl-rtl-text
plugin is not in use in MapLibre GL JS).
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.45.0 | 6.6.0 | ✅ |
upcase¶
Returns the input string converted to uppercase. Follows the Unicode Default Case Conversion algorithm and the locale-insensitive case mappings in the Unicode Character Database.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
downcase¶
Returns the input string converted to lowercase. Follows the Unicode Default Case Conversion algorithm and the locale-insensitive case mappings in the Unicode Character Database.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
concat¶
Returns a string
consisting of the concatenation of the inputs. Each input is converted to a string as if by to-string
.
Syntax:
Example:
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.41.0 | 6.0.0 | 4.0.0 |
resolved-locale¶
Returns the IETF language tag of the locale being used by the provided collator
. This can be used to determine the default system locale, or to determine if a requested locale was successfully loaded.
Syntax:
Example:
"some-property": [
"resolved-locale",
[
"collator",
{
"case-sensitive": true,
"diacritic-sensitive": false,
"locale": "de"
}
]
]
SDK Support | MapLibre GL JS | MapLibre Native Android |
MapLibre Native iOS |
---|---|---|---|
basic functionality | 0.45.0 | 6.5.0 | 4.2.0 |