Drawing Objects on Maps in Oracle APEX MapLibre vs. OpenLayers

MapLibre GL JS – What Is It and How To Use It

MapLibre GL JS is an open-source library that you can use to show maps on a page. It was conceived as a fork of the mapbox-gl-js project (MapLibre GL JS v1 is compatible with Mapbox GL JS v1). It’s based on the TypeScript programming language and uses GPU-accelerated vector tile rendering, which means it offers good performance (it can display maps quite quickly).

MapLibre GL JS is the library used by Map Region, the default map component offered by Oracle APEX.

Introduction to Maps in Oracle APEX

Maps are a vital feature for many applications made in Oracle APEX. How to offer this functionality in your software? My name is Lech Cieślik, and I’m an experienced Oracle APEX Developer working at Pretius Low-Code. In this blog post, I’ll explain how to use the default Map Region component.

I’ll also describe alternative solutions you can integrate with Oracle APEX to offer map functionality. Some of them might be better than Map Region in specific circumstances.