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[![docs](http://i.imgur.com/mvfvgf0.jpg)](https://uber.github.io/deck.gl)


## Installation
deck.gl is designed to simplify high-performance, WebGL-based visualization of large data sets. Users can quickly get impressive visual results with minimal effort by composing existing layers, or leverage deck.gl's extensible architecture to address custom needs.

deck.gl maps **data** (usually an array of JSON objects) into a stack of visual **layers** - e.g. icons, polygons, texts; and look at them with **views**: e.g. map, first-person, orthographic.

deck.gl handles a number of challenges out of the box:

* Performant rendering and updating of large data sets
* Interactive event handling such as picking, highlighting and filtering
* Cartographic projections and integration with major basemap providers
* A catalog of proven, well-tested layers

Deck.gl is designed to be highly customizable. All layers come with flexible APIs to allow programmatic control of each aspect of the rendering. All core classes such are easily extendable by the users to address custom use cases.

## Flavors

### Script Tag

```html
<script src="https://unpkg.com/deck.gl@latest/dist.min.js"></script>
```

- [Get started](/docs/get-started/using-standalone.md#using-the-scripting-api)
- [Full examples](https://github.com/uber/deck.gl/tree/master/examples/get-started/scripting)

### NPM Module

```bash
npm install deck.gl
```

## Using deck.gl

deck.gl offers an extensive catalog of pre-packaged visualization "layers", including [ScatterplotLayer](http://deck.gl/#/documentation/deckgl-api-reference/layers/scatterplot-layer), [ArcLayer](http://deck.gl/#/documentation/deckgl-api-reference/layers/arc-layer), [TextLayer](http://deck.gl/#/documentation/deckgl-api-reference/layers/text-layer), [GeoJsonLayer](http://deck.gl/#/documentation/deckgl-api-reference/layers/geojson-layer), etc. The input to a layer is usually an array of JSON objects. Each layer offers a highly-flexible API to customize how the data should be rendered.

Example constructing a deck.gl ScatterplotLayer:

```js
import {ScatterplotLayer} from '@deck.gl/layers';

/**
* data is an array of object in the shape of:
* {
* "name":"Montgomery St. (MONT)",
* "address":"598 Market Street, San Francisco CA 94104",
* "entries":"43430",
* "exits":"45128",
* "coordinates":[-122.401407,37.789256]
* }
*/
const scatterplotLayer = new ScatterplotLayer({
id: 'bart-stations',
data: 'https://github.com/uber-common/deck.gl-data/blob/master/website/bart-stations.json',
getRadius: d => Math.sqrt(d.entries) / 100,
getPosition: d => d.coordinates,
getFillColor: [255, 228, 0],
});
```
#### Pure JS

## Using deck.gl with React
- [Get started](/docs/get-started/using-standalone.md)
- [Full examples](/examples/get-started/pure-js)

```js
import DeckGL from 'deck.gl';
#### React

<DeckGL
width="100%"
height="100%"
initialViewState={{longitude: -122.4, latitude: 37.78, zoom: 8}}
controller={true}
layers={[scatterplotLayer]} />
```
- [Get started](/docs/get-started/using-with-react.md)
- [Full examples](/examples/get-started/react)

### Python

## Using deck.gl with Pure JS

```js
import {Deck} from '@deck.gl/core';

const deck = new Deck({
width: '100vw',
height: '100vh',
initialViewState: {
longitude: -122.4,
latitude: 37.78,
zoom: 8
},
controller: true,
layers: [scatterplotLayer]
});
```bash
pip install pydeck
```

Minimum setups of end-to-end deck.gl usage is also showcased in the [hello-world examples](./examples/get-started), using both [webpack](https://webpack.js.org/) and [browserify](http://browserify.org/), so you can choose which bundler you prefer or are more familiar with.
- [Get started](/bindings/pydeck/README.md)

To learn how to use deck.gl through the many examples that come with the deck.gl repo, please clone the latest **release** branch:
### Third-Party Bindings

- [deckgl-typings](https://github.com/danmarshall/deckgl-typings) (Typescript)
- [mapdeck](https://symbolixau.github.io/mapdeck/articles/mapdeck.html) (R)
- [vega-deck.gl](https://github.com/microsoft/SandDance/tree/master/packages/vega-deck.gl) ([Vega](https://vega.github.io/))

```
git clone -b 7.3-release --single-branch https://github.com/uber/deck.gl.git
```

For the most up-to-date information, see our [API documentations](http://deck.gl/#/documentation)
## Learning Resources

* [API documentation](https://deck.gl/#/documentation) for the latest release
* [Website demos](https://deck.gl/#/examples) with links to source
* [Interactive playground](https://deck.gl/playground)
* [deck.gl Codepen demos](https://codepen.io/vis-gl/)
* [deck.gl Observable demos](https://beta.observablehq.com/@pessimistress)
* [vis.gl Medium blog](https://medium.com/vis-gl)
* [deck.gl Slack workspace](https://join.slack.com/t/deckgl/shared_invite/zt-7oeoqie8-NQqzSp5SLTFMDeNSPxi7eg)

## Contributing

PRs and bug reports are welcome, and we are actively opening up the deck.gl [roadmap](./dev-docs) to facilitate for external contributors.
Pull requests and bug reports are welcome, and all of deck.gl's roadmaps and feature planning is done openly on GitHub. Read the [developement guidelines](/dev-docs) to learn about our dev process.

Note that once your PR is about to be merged, you will be asked to register as a contributor by filling in a short form.

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deck.gl is designed to make visualization of large data sets simple. It enables users to quickly get impressive visual results with limited effort through composition of existing layers, while offering a complete architecture for packaging advanced WebGL based visualizations as reusable JavaScript layers.

## Brief Overview
deck.gl is designed to simplify high-performance, WebGL-based visualization of large data sets. Users can quickly get impressive visual results with minimal effort by composing existing layers, or leverage deck.gl's extensible architecture to address custom needs.

The basic idea of using deck.gl is to render a stack of visual overlays, usually (but not always) over maps.
deck.gl maps **data** (usually an array of JSON objects) into a stack of visual **layers** - e.g. icons, polygons, texts; and look at them with **views**: e.g. map, first-person, orthographic.

To make this simple concept work, deck.gl handles a number of challenges:
deck.gl handles a number of challenges out of the box:

* Handling of large data sets and performant updates
* Interactive event handling such as picking
* Cartographic projections and integration with underlying map
* Performant rendering and updating of large data sets
* Interactive event handling such as picking, highlighting and filtering
* Cartographic projections and integration with major basemap providers
* A catalog of proven, well-tested layers
* Easy to create new layers or customize existing layers

Deck.gl is designed to be highly customizable. All layers come with flexible APIs to allow programmatic control of each aspect of the rendering. All core classes such are easily extendable by the users to address custom use cases.

## Flavors

### Script Tag

```html
<script src="https://unpkg.com/deck.gl@latest/dist.min.js"></script>
```

- [Get started](/docs/get-started/using-standalone.md#using-the-scripting-api)
- [Full examples](https://github.com/uber/deck.gl/tree/master/examples/get-started/scripting)

### NPM Module

```bash
npm install deck.gl
```

#### Pure JS

- [Get started](/docs/get-started/using-standalone.md)
- [Full examples](https://github.com/uber/deck.gl/tree/master/examples/get-started/pure-js)

#### React

- [Get started](/docs/get-started/using-with-react.md)
- [Full examples](https://github.com/uber/deck.gl/tree/master/examples/get-started/react)

### Python

```bash
pip install pydeck
```

- [Get started](https://github.com/uber/deck.gl/blob/master/bindings/pydeck/README.md)

### Third-Party Bindings

- [deckgl-typings](https://github.com/danmarshall/deckgl-typings) (Typescript)
- [mapdeck](https://symbolixau.github.io/mapdeck/articles/mapdeck.html) (R)
- [vega-deck.gl](https://github.com/microsoft/SandDance/tree/master/packages/vega-deck.gl) ([Vega](https://vega.github.io/))

## Ecosystem

deck.gl is one of the main frameworks in the [vis.gl](http://vis.gl) framework suite.

deck.gl has been developed in parallel with a number of companion modules, e.g.:
deck.gl is developed in parallel with a number of companion modules, including:

* [luma.gl](https://luma.gl/) - A general purpose WebGL library designed to be interoperable both with the raw WebGL API and (as far as possible) with other WebGL libraries. In particular, luma.gl does not claim ownership of the WebGL context, and can work with any supplied context, including contexts created by the application or other WebGL libraries.
* [loaders.gl](https://loaders.gl) - a suite of framework-independent loaders for file formats focused on visualization of big data, including point clouds, 3D geometries, images, geospatial formats as well as tabular data.
* [react-map-gl](https://uber.github.io/react-map-gl/) - A React wrapper around Mapbox GL which works seamlessly with deck.gl.
* [nebula.gl](https://nebula.gl/) - A high-performance feature editing framework for deck.gl.

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# Learning Resources

## Vis Academy
## API Documentation

In-depth tutorials for how to develop deck.gl applications are available on the [Vis Academy](http://vis.academy/#/) website. Focused on React applications.
The documentation for the latest release can be found on deck.gl's [website](https://deck.gl/#/documentation).

The documentation for previous releases are in the *docs* directory on the `<version-release>` branch in this repo.

## Technical Deep Dive

An in-depth view into the technical details and architectural decisions behind deck.gl. [Google Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qtXUQzMuIa8NYIKUa1RKfSwvgpeccY-wrPrYqsb_8rE/edit#slide=id.g7db7fb98fb_0_45)

## Live Demos

The sources of deck.gl's [website demos](https://deck.gl/#/examples) can be found in the repo's [examples](https://github.com/uber/deck.gl/tree/master/examples) directory. Most of the applications use React, although non-React templates are provided for developers from other ecosystems.

## Prototyping & Sharing

PureJS examples in prototyping environments. Great templates for feature testing and bug reporting:
PureJS examples in prototyping environments. These are great templates for feature testing and bug reporting:

* deck.gl's [Codepen demos](https://codepen.io/vis-gl/)
* deck.gl's [Observable demos](https://beta.observablehq.com/@pessimistress)
* [Scripting Gallery](http://deck.gl/showcases/gallery/)
* [One-page scripting examples](http://deck.gl/showcases/gallery/)

## Community

[vis.gl's Medium blog](https://medium.com/vis-gl)

Join our [Slack workspace](https://join.slack.com/t/deckgl/shared_invite/zt-7oeoqie8-NQqzSp5SLTFMDeNSPxi7eg) for learning and discussions.

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