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Get Features Under the Mouse Pointer ​

Use queryRenderedFeatures() to inspect which map features are under the cursor on click or hover.

Click on any visible map feature to inspect it.

queryRenderedFeatures ​

Query all features visible at a point or within a bounding box:

javascript
// Query at mouse click point
map.on('click', (e) => {
  const features = map.queryRenderedFeatures(e.point);
  console.log(features); // array of all features at that pixel
});

// Query only specific layers
map.on('click', (e) => {
  const features = map.queryRenderedFeatures(e.point, {
    layers: ['my-layer']
  });
});

// Query within a bounding box (pixel area)
const bbox = [[x1, y1], [x2, y2]];
const features = map.queryRenderedFeatures(bbox, {
  layers: ['my-layer']
});

querySourceFeatures ​

Query features directly from a source (including off-screen):

javascript
const features = map.querySourceFeatures('my-source', {
  sourceLayer: 'my-source-layer', // for vector tile sources
  filter: ['==', 'category', 'restaurant']
});

Complete Example ​

html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <link href="https://cdn.mapmetrics-atlas.net/versions/latest/mapmetrics-gl.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdn.mapmetrics-atlas.net/versions/latest/mapmetrics-gl.js"></script>
    <style>#map { height: 500px; width: 100%; }</style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></div>
    <pre id="info" style="padding:10px;background:#f8fafc;border:1px solid #e2e8f0;"></pre>
    <script>
      const map = new mapmetricsgl.Map({ container: 'map', style: '<StyleFile_URL_with_Token>', center: [2.35, 48.85], zoom: 5 });
      map.on('click', (e) => {
        const features = map.queryRenderedFeatures(e.point);
        document.getElementById('info').textContent = features.length
          ? JSON.stringify(features[0].properties, null, 2)
          : 'No features found';
      });
    </script>
  </body>
</html>
jsx
import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
import mapmetricsgl from '@mapmetrics/mapmetrics-gl';
import '@mapmetrics/mapmetrics-gl/dist/mapmetrics-gl.css';

const GetFeatures = () => {
  const mapContainer = useRef(null);
  const map = useRef(null);
  const [info, setInfo] = useState('Click on the map to inspect features');

  useEffect(() => {
    if (map.current) return;
    map.current = new mapmetricsgl.Map({ container: mapContainer.current, style: '<StyleFile_URL_with_Token>', center: [2.35, 48.85], zoom: 5 });
    map.current.on('click', (e) => {
      const features = map.current.queryRenderedFeatures(e.point);
      setInfo(features.length ? JSON.stringify(features[0].properties, null, 2) : 'No features found');
    });
    return () => { map.current?.remove(); map.current = null; };
  }, []);

  return (
    <div>
      <div ref={mapContainer} style={{ height: '500px', width: '100%' }} />
      <pre style={{ padding: '10px', background: '#f8fafc', border: '1px solid #e2e8f0', marginTop: '8px' }}>{info}</pre>
    </div>
  );
};

export default GetFeatures;

For more information, visit the MapMetrics GitHub repository.