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[Working with spatial data](https://github.com/enjalot/wwsd)

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Created on Jun 19, 2016

This example displays global river centerlines on an interactive Leaflet map with a dark gray stroke style. It loads GeoJSON data from a hosted world rivers dataset and renders it as vector features over OpenStreetMap tiles. The code uses Leaflet’s `L.map`, `L.tileLayer`, and `L.geoJson` APIs, with D3’s `d3.json` to fetch the external data file asynchronously. The map is centered on the world with an initial zoom level of 2.

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Working with spatial data

Example #1

Getting started with Leaflet

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