1. jQuery jqMaps
jQMAPS is a powerful, free, open-source JavaScript plugin that enables you to easily insert dynamic Google Maps into your website using the latest version of the popular OpenLayers JavaScript API. It provides support for all of the advanced Google Map features and it's extremely easy to implement in your pages. You can choose either a 'lightweight' or 'full-featured map type. The lightweight option only requires including one javascript file while the full-featured version includes all 9 different maps types offered by Google Maps API which gives you maximum flexibility on how each map should look based on its specific content.
jqMaps offers several pre-built templates which you can customize based on your needs.
2. Mapael
Mapael is an open-source javascript library to create web GIS applications using the OpenLayers framework and jQuery library. It has support for real-time data, background maps, online WMS services like weather or satellite images, etc.. It comes with a high-level API which gives you full control of the map components(tiles, layers) included in the map (you can create an arbitrary number of layers), allows you to add advanced interactions like dragging labels, drawing geometries, etc., supports query/searching through layers, etc.
3. jQuery Map Tools
Jquery-map tools is an unofficial port of the popular Mootools Javascript framework that makes it easy to display Google Maps on your website or web app. jQM offers a wide range of features including marker clusters, info windows for displaying information about locations, interactive zoom, and pan controls, custom markers and events for reacting on map happenings (like click/hover/search events), overlays with info windows for text labels containing HTML content, etc. Basic features are all supported out of the box but advanced features like custom actions on markers need optional plugins.
4. OpenLayers
jQuery OpenLayers plugin for jQuery makes it easy to add Google Maps and custom vector layers to your web pages using a simple Javascript API interfacing with standard HTML5 markup. It comes with support for basic click events, mouse dragging, info windows, clustering, etc., but if you need more advanced features just pull the source code from Github and add the desired functionality to suit your needs or use one of the existing plugins.
5. GeoExt
GeoEXT is an open-source client-side javascript framework built on top of the OpenLayers map library and the jQuery Javascript libraries. It provides a set of widgets, plugins, and extensions that can be used to create interactive web maps along with their client-side APIs which allow you to add extra functionality if you need it.
6. jVectorMap
jVectorMap is an open-source JavaScript library for creating dynamic interactive SVG-based vector maps. The plugin comes bundled with support for all popular projections and allows you to include any arbitrary geodata in your maps using either static or dynamic data (via JSON calls). You can also extend its functionality by adding custom Popup Dialogs, Drag & Drop interaction, etc.
7. jQWidgets
Jqwidgets is an open-source suite of jQuery widgets that allows you to easily create interactive maps for your website or web app using Google Maps API, OpenLayers, etc. It has support for real-time data, clustering, custom overlays, etc.
8. GeoJs
GeoJS is an open-source javascript library that makes it easy to add dynamic geographic data visualization features to your web pages using OpenStreetMaps and Bing Maps AJAX APIs. It allows you to include arbitrary geodata in your web pages, manage tilesets or implement custom vector overlays.
9. jmapviewer
jMapViewer is a lightweight open-source javascript library for embedding interactive maps created with Google Maps API, OpenStreetMaps, etc., on your web pages. It comes with built-in support for mouse dragging and touch gestures, multiple map views can be added dynamically to the same page using nested div tags, it also comes with the ability to add markers on each map view which can be used as popup menu items allowing the user to perform actions like zoom/pan directly from the marker popup menu item itself.
10.jQuery APIs for Geo-Location and Map Services
jQAPI is a free and open-source javascript plugin that allows you to add support for Google Maps, Bing Maps AJAX APIs, or Yahoo! BOSS Geocoding API in your website pages easily without any coding.
11. jPegWidget
jpeg widget is a lightweight plugin that provides the ability to get the geographical location of an IP address using MaxMind's GeoIP database services. It can be used on mobile devices too.
12. geoToad
GeoToad is a lightweight JavaScript plugin that allows you to easily switch between different map providers and projections (Google Maps, OpenStreetMaps, and MapBox) and control the appearance of your maps using CSS stylesheet definitions. It also provides support for multiple services on the same page with different appearances allowing users to switch between them.
13. jQC
JQC is an open-source javascript library that makes it easy to add some interactive elements on top of your web pages such as sliders, multi-layers lead navigation boxes, etc., It has built-in support for Google Maps, OpenStreetMaps, CloudMade, etc.
14. jGooMap
JGooMap is an open-source javascript plugin that can be used to create interactive maps using OpenStreetMap tiles which you can easily drop on your web pages. It has built-in support for dynamic data, markers, clustering, etc. You can see their online examples or download the plugin.
15. MAPNIK
Free JavaScript library which allows you to embed different custom map services dynamically on top of Google Maps API v3 (or above) base maps, It also provides support for scalable vector overlays and real-time data updates.
16. Maps Marker Pro
It's a complete turnkey solution for adding interactive Google maps to your website, It has support for markers with popups, custom HTML content in the popup box, etc.
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