How to display disputed borders based on visitor’s location

This tutorial shows how to automatically change disputed borders according to your map visitor’s location usign the MapTiler Geolocation API.

CDN Module bundler

Copy the following code, paste it into your favorite text editor, and save it as a .html file.
Replace YOUR_MAPTILER_API_KEY_HERE with your actual MapTiler API key.
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Install the npm package.
Include the CSS file in the <head> of your HTML file.
Including it with a <link> in the head of the document via the CDN is the simplest and easiest way to provide the CSS, but it is also bundled in the MapLibre module, meaning that if you have a bundler that can handle CSS, you can import the CSS from maplibre-gl/dist/maplibre-gl.css.
Include the following code in your JavaScript file (Example: app.js).
Call MapTiler’s Geolocation API to get information about the visitor’s location based on the IP address.
Create the showDisputedBorders function. This function changes the filters of the disputed border layers to show or hide the borders depending on the country’s policy.
Add event handler for map load event. You will add code to change disputed borders according to your map visitor’s location in this handler.
Get the user’s IP country code and call the showDisputedBorders function.

Learn more

Visit the MapTiler Geolocation API reference for Geolocation response object properties. Like for example, the name of the country, the city, etc.

Visit the MapTiler Planter schema to know how it is organized into different thematic layers and which attribute and values each layer contains.