# Mapael

> JQuery plugin based on raphael.js to display vector maps.

- Category: [JavaScript map & geospatial visualization libraries](https://awesomedataviz.com/categories/javascript-maps/)
- Website: https://www.vincentbroute.fr/mapael/
- Repository: https://github.com/neveldo/jQuery-Mapael
- License: MIT
- Language: JavaScript
- Status: Inactive (no commits in over a year)
- GitHub stars: 1,007
- Commits in the last 12 months: 0
- Contributors: 10
- Last commit: Feb 9, 2022
- Latest release: 2.2.0 (Mar 8, 2018)
- Install (npm): `npm install jquery-mapael`, 24.8K downloads per week
- Topics: Maps & geospatial visualization

## Overview

Mapael is an open-source JavaScript mapping library released under the MIT license. Its GitHub repository has 1,007 stars, 194 forks, and 10 contributors. It has not had a commit since Feb 9, 2022. The latest release, 2.2.0, was published on Mar 8, 2018. On npm it is downloaded about 24.8K times per week.

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