Plotly map tiles support

examples/reference/elements/bokeh/Tiles.ipynb

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
     "<dl class=\"dl-horizontal\">\n",
     "  <dt>Title</dt> <dd> Tiles Element</dd>\n",
     "  <dt>Dependencies</dt> <dd>Bokeh</dd>\n",
-    "  <dt>Backends</dt> <dd><a href='./Tiles.ipynb'>Bokeh</a></dd>\n",
+    "  <dt>Backends</dt>\n",
+    "      <dd><a href='./Tiles.ipynb'>Bokeh</a></dd>\n",
+    "      <dd><a href='../plotly/Tiles.ipynb'>Plotly</a></dd>\n",
     "</dl>\n",
     "</div>"
    ]

examples/reference/elements/plotly/Tiles.ipynb

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "<div class=\"contentcontainer med left\" style=\"margin-left: -50px;\">\n",
+    "<dl class=\"dl-horizontal\">\n",
+    "  <dt>Title</dt> <dd> Tiles Element</dd>\n",
+    "  <dt>Dependencies</dt> <dd>Plotly</dd>\n",
+    "  <dt>Backends</dt>\n",
+    "    <dd><a href='../bokeh/Tiles.ipynb'>Bokeh</a></dd>\n",
+    "    <dd><a href='Tiles.ipynb'>Plotly</a></dd>\n",
+    "</dl>\n",
+    "</div>"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "import holoviews as hv\n",
+    "from holoviews import opts\n",
+    "hv.extension('plotly')"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "The ``Tiles`` element represents a so called web mapping tile source usually used for geographic plots, which fetches tiles appropriate to the current zoom level. To declare a ``Tiles`` element simply provide a URL to the tile server. A standard tile server URL has a number of templated variables that describe the location and zoom level. In the most common case of a WMTS tile source, the URL looks like this:\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    'https://maps.wikimedia.org/osm-intl/{Z}/{X}/{Y}@2x.png'\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Here ``{X}``, ``{Y}`` and ``{Z}`` describe the location and zoom level of each tile.\n",
+    "A simple example of a WMTS tile source is the Wikipedia maps:"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "hv.Tiles('https://maps.wikimedia.org/osm-intl/{Z}/{X}/{Y}@2x.png', name=\"Wikipedia\").opts(width=600, height=550)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "One thing to note about tile sources is that they are always defined in the [pseudo-Mercator projection](https://epsg.io/3857), which means that if you want to overlay any data on top of a tile source the values have to be expressed as eastings and northings. If you have data in another projection, e.g. latitudes and longitudes, it may make sense to use [GeoViews](http://geoviews.org/) for it to handle the projections for you.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Both HoloViews and GeoViews provides a number of tile sources by default, provided by CartoDB, Stamen, OpenStreetMap, Esri and Wikipedia. These can be imported from the ``holoviews.element.tiles`` module and are provided as callable functions that return a ``Tiles`` element:"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "The full set of predefined tile sources can be accessed on the ``holoviews.element.tiles.tile_sources`` dictionary:"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {
+    "pycharm": {
+     "name": "#%%\n"
+    }
+   },
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "hv.Layout([ts().relabel(name) for name, ts in hv.element.tiles.tile_sources.items()]).opts(\n",
+    "    opts.Tiles(xaxis=None, yaxis=None, width=225, height=225),\n",
+    "    opts.Layout(hspacing=10, vspacing=40)\n",
+    ").cols(4)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "For full documentation and the available style and plot options, use ``hv.help(hv.Tiles).``"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "### Vector Mapbox Tiles\n",
+    "\n",
+    "In addition to displaying raster tiles loaded from a tile source URL, the Plotly backend can also display vector tiles provided by Mapbox. A vector tile style is specified using the `mapboxstyle` option, and requires a Mapbox\n",
+    "access token to be provided as the `accesstoken` option.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "```python\n",
+    "hv.Tiles('').opts(\n",
+    "    mapboxstyle=\"dark\",\n",
+    "    accesstoken=\"pk...\",\n",
+    "    width=600,\n",
+    "    height=600\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "```"
+   ]
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "Python 3",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 3
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.7.9"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 2
+}

holoviews/element/tiles.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from ..core import util
 from ..core.dimension import Dimension
 from ..core.element import Element2D
+from ..util.transform import lon_lat_to_easting_northing, easting_northing_to_lon_lat
 
 
 class Tiles(Element2D):
@@ -54,6 +55,28 @@ def range(self, dim, data_range=True, dimension_range=True):
     def dimension_values(self, dimension, expanded=True, flat=True):
         return np.array([])
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def lon_lat_to_easting_northing(longitude, latitude):
+        """
+        Projects the given longitude, latitude values into Web Mercator
+        (aka Pseudo-Mercator or EPSG:3857) coordinates.
+
+        See docstring for holoviews.util.transform.lon_lat_to_easting_northing
+        for more information
+        """
+        return lon_lat_to_easting_northing(longitude, latitude)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def easting_northing_to_lon_lat(easting, northing):
+        """
+        Projects the given easting, northing values into
+        longitude, latitude coordinates.
+
+        See docstring for holoviews.util.transform.easting_northing_to_lon_lat
+        for more information
+        """
+        return easting_northing_to_lon_lat(easting, northing)
+
 
 # Mapping between patterns to match specified as tuples and tuples containing attributions
 _ATTRIBUTIONS = {

holoviews/plotting/plotly/__init__.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from .renderer import PlotlyRenderer
 
 from .annotation import *            # noqa (API import)
+from .tiles import *                 # noqa (API import)
 from .element import *               # noqa (API import)
 from .chart import *                 # noqa (API import)
 from .chart3d import *               # noqa (API import)
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
 
                 # Annotations
                 Labels: LabelPlot,
+                Tiles: TilePlot,
 
                 # Shapes
                 Box: PathShapePlot,
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@
         plot.padding = 0
 
 dflt_cmap = 'fire'
+dflt_shape_line_color = '#2a3f5f'  # Line color of default plotly template
 
 point_size = np.sqrt(6) # Matches matplotlib default
 Cycle.default_cycles['default_colors'] =  ['#30a2da', '#fc4f30', '#e5ae38',
@@ -129,3 +132,10 @@
 # Annotations
 options.VSpan = Options('style', fillcolor=Cycle(), opacity=0.5)
 options.HSpan = Options('style', fillcolor=Cycle(), opacity=0.5)
+
+# Shapes
+options.Rectangles = Options('style', line_color=dflt_shape_line_color)
+options.Bounds = Options('style', line_color=dflt_shape_line_color)
+options.Path = Options('style', line_color=dflt_shape_line_color)
+options.Segments = Options('style', line_color=dflt_shape_line_color)
+options.Box = Options('style', line_color=dflt_shape_line_color)

holoviews/plotting/plotly/annotation.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import param
 
 from .chart import ScatterPlot
+from ...element import Tiles
 
 
 class LabelPlot(ScatterPlot):
@@ -17,12 +18,16 @@ class LabelPlot(ScatterPlot):
 
     _nonvectorized_styles = []
 
-    trace_kwargs = {'type': 'scatter', 'mode': 'text'}
-
     _style_key = 'textfont'
 
-    def get_data(self, element, ranges, style):
-        x, y = ('y', 'x') if self.invert_axes else ('x', 'y')
+    @classmethod
+    def trace_kwargs(cls, is_geo=False, **kwargs):
+        if is_geo:
+            return {'type': 'scattermapbox', 'mode': 'text'}
+        else:
+            return {'type': 'scatter', 'mode': 'text'}
+
+    def get_data(self, element, ranges, style, is_geo=False, **kwargs):
         text_dim = element.vdims[0]
         xs = element.dimension_values(0)
         if self.xoffset:
@@ -31,4 +36,10 @@ def get_data(self, element, ranges, style):
         if self.yoffset:
             ys = ys + self.yoffset
         text = [text_dim.pprint_value(v) for v in element.dimension_values(2)]
-        return [{x: xs, y: ys, 'text': text}]
+
+        if is_geo:
+            lon, lat = Tiles.easting_northing_to_lon_lat(xs, ys)
+            return [{"lon": lon, "lat": lat, 'text': text}]
+        else:
+            x, y = ('y', 'x') if self.invert_axes else ('x', 'y')
+            return [{x: xs, y: ys, 'text': text}]