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Add a legend to the map

This notebook demonstrates how to add a legend to a map.

Uncomment the following line to install leafmap if needed.

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# %pip install "leafmap[maplibre]"

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import leafmap.maplibregl as leafmap

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m = leafmap.Map(center=[-100, 40], zoom=3, style="positron")
m.add_basemap("Esri.WorldImagery")
url = "https://www.mrlc.gov/geoserver/mrlc_display/NLCD_2021_Land_Cover_L48/wms"
layers = "NLCD_2021_Land_Cover_L48"
m.add_wms_layer(url, layers=layers, name="NLCD 2021")
m.add_legend(
    title="NLCD Land Cover Type",
    builtin_legend="NLCD",
    bg_color="rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)",
    position="bottom-left",
)
m

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m = leafmap.Map(center=[-100, 40], zoom=3, style="positron")
m.add_basemap("Esri.WorldImagery")
url = "https://fwspublicservices.wim.usgs.gov/wetlandsmapservice/services/Wetlands/MapServer/WMSServer"
m.add_wms_layer(url, layers="1", name="NWI", opacity=0.6)
m.add_layer_control()
m.add_legend(builtin_legend="NWI", title="Wetland Type")
m

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m = leafmap.Map(center=[-100, 40], zoom=3, style="positron")
m.add_basemap("Esri.WorldImagery")
url = "https://www.mrlc.gov/geoserver/mrlc_display/NLCD_2021_Land_Cover_L48/wms"
layers = "NLCD_2021_Land_Cover_L48"
m.add_wms_layer(url, layers=layers, name="NLCD 2021")

legend_dict = {
    "11 Open Water": "466b9f",
    "12 Perennial Ice/Snow": "d1def8",
    "21 Developed, Open Space": "dec5c5",
    "22 Developed, Low Intensity": "d99282",
    "23 Developed, Medium Intensity": "eb0000",
    "24 Developed High Intensity": "ab0000",
    "31 Barren Land (Rock/Sand/Clay)": "b3ac9f",
    "41 Deciduous Forest": "68ab5f",
    "42 Evergreen Forest": "1c5f2c",
    "43 Mixed Forest": "b5c58f",
    "51 Dwarf Scrub": "af963c",
    "52 Shrub/Scrub": "ccb879",
    "71 Grassland/Herbaceous": "dfdfc2",
    "72 Sedge/Herbaceous": "d1d182",
    "73 Lichens": "a3cc51",
    "74 Moss": "82ba9e",
    "81 Pasture/Hay": "dcd939",
    "82 Cultivated Crops": "ab6c28",
    "90 Woody Wetlands": "b8d9eb",
    "95 Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands": "6c9fb8",
}
m.add_legend(
    title="NLCD Land Cover Type",
    legend_dict=legend_dict,
    bg_color="rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)",
    position="bottom-left",
)
m