Mao Kun Map Explorer

An interactive map navigating the treasure fleet voyages of Zheng He. Built with React and Leaflet.

Demo

View this web app at https://zhenghe.rslc.us

Installation

This website is built with node.js, so ensure you have that installed. Clone a copy of this repository, then use npm or yarn to install dependancies.

git clone https://github.com/carpiediem/maokun-explorer
cd ./maokun-explorer
npm install

Usage

This website was built with create-react-app, so you can use standard commands:

• npm start to launch the site on your own machine
• npm test to run the test suite with jest
• npm run build to build a static site for deployment

Additional scripts:

• npm run geojson to update data files from a spreadsheet on Google Docs
• npm run tiles to download an 88MB copy of the 9,887 image tiles that Leaflet arranges to display the Mao Kun map

Questions

You can reach me at [email protected]

Contributing

I'm open to design ideas or pull requests. Just create an issue in GitHub.

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.