# neveldo/jQuery-Mapael

jQuery plugin based on raphael.js that allows you to display dynamic vector maps

Repository: https://github.com/neveldo/jQuery-Mapael
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquery-mapael
Homepage: https://www.vincentbroute.fr/mapael/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: javascript, raphael, map, dataviz, vector, svg
Last push: 2022-02-09T13:01:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4819, "days_push": 1666, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1007, forks 194 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:12.366702+00:00)

## What it is
jQuery Mapael is a jQuery plugin based on raphael.js for displaying dynamic, interactive vector maps in the browser. It supports clickable areas, plotted cities by latitude/longitude, color-based dataviz with legends, zoom, and links between cities.

## Use cases
- display an interactive world map with clickable countries
- build choropleth-style dataviz maps with color legends
- plot cities on a map by latitude and longitude
- draw links between cities on a vector map
- add zoomable, resizable SVG maps to a website

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy jQuery codebase and need interactive vector maps
- you want simple map-based dataviz with automatic legends
- you need IE9+ browser support with SVG maps

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new modern project - the project is explicitly unmaintained
- you need WebGL or tile-based maps like Leaflet/Mapbox provide
- you need active bug fixes or security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: data-visualization, image-processing
- domain: data-visualization, web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, svg-maps, raphael-js, interactive-maps, dataviz, unmaintained, maps, javascript

## Member repositories
- neveldo/jQuery-Mapael (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.366702+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:12:28.107943+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/neveldo/jQuery-Mapael (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.366702+00:00, sha a08345b7aa51)
  - homepage: https://www.vincentbroute.fr/mapael/ (fetched 2026-08-29T13:12:52.140126+00:00, sha 378f70f78070)
  - site_page: https://www.vincentbroute.fr/mapael/raphael-js-documentation/index.html (fetched 2026-08-29T13:12:52.143646+00:00, sha f7bd9b9ec6a0)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jquery-mapael (fetched 2026-08-29T13:12:52.146687+00:00, sha 51102f121f57)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.