Maps for Nuxt — MapLibre-compatible Maps API
- maps for nuxt

# Nuxt maps, the boring infra part sorted.
Nuxt 4 SSR is great until maplibre-gl demands window. Wrap VMap in <ClientOnly> so the map mounts only in the browser, and keep your page fully indexable for SEO.
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install
pnpm add @geoql/v-maplibre maplibre-gl Copy

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<script setup lang="ts">
import type { MapOptions } from 'maplibre-gl';
import { MAP_STYLE } from '~/utils/maps';

const options: MapOptions = {
style: MAP_STYLE,
center: [77.209, 28.6139],
zoom: 11,
hash: true,
};
</script>

<template>
<ClientOnly>
<LazyVMap
:options="options"
class="map-canvas"
/>
<template #fallback>
<div class="map-skeleton" />
</template>
</ClientOnly>
</template>

<style scoped>
.map-canvas { width: 100%; height: 480px; }
</style>

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## Why Nuxt teams ship on maps.guru
Free-tier generous enough for real production traffic. 50,000 tile requests/month , no credit card.

Wrap VMap in <ClientOnly>; the map mounts only after hydration.
- Use <LazyVMap> from @nuxt/components to code-split the WebGL bundle.
- Server-render surrounding SEO content while the map lazy-loads on demand.

## Frequently asked

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### Do I need a Nuxt module to use @geoql/v-maplibre?
No, it is a plain Vue package. Add the CSS in nuxt.config and import components where needed.

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### How do I keep SSR from breaking on window references?
Wrap the VMap component (and any composable that touches maplibre-gl) in <ClientOnly>. The rest of the page server-renders normally.

## Mapping terms for Nuxt developers, defined
The vocabulary behind vector tiles, styles, and geocoding, in plain language.

### What is Vector tile?
A vector tile is a compressed binary chunk of map geometry (roads, buildings, labels) that the browser styles and renders at runtime, instead of downloading a pre-drawn image. Vector tiles let one dataset power unlimited visual styles and stay sharp at every zoom level.

### What is Basemap?
A basemap is the background map layer (roads, water, landuse, place labels) that your own data is drawn on top of. maps.guru serves basemaps as MapLibre-compatible vector tiles.

### What is Map style?
A map style is a JSON document that tells a renderer which colours, fonts, widths, and zoom rules to apply to each layer of a vector tile. maps.guru styles follow the MapLibre Style Specification, so they work in any MapLibre or Mapbox GL JS compatible renderer.

### What is Geocoding?
Geocoding is the process of converting a text address or place name into latitude and longitude coordinates. Reverse geocoding does the opposite: it converts coordinates into the nearest human-readable address.

### What is PMTiles?
PMTiles is a single-file archive format for map tiles that supports HTTP range requests, so a tile server can read one tile out of a multi-gigabyte archive without unpacking it. maps.guru stores its tile archives as PMTiles on Cloudflare R2.

### What is MapLibre GL JS?
MapLibre GL JS is an open-source WebGL map renderer, forked from Mapbox GL JS v1 after that project moved to a proprietary licence. It is the reference renderer for maps.guru styles and carries no per-render licence fee.

### What is Tile request?
A tile request is one HTTP fetch of a single map tile. A typical desktop map view loads roughly 10 to 20 tiles, and panning or zooming loads more, which is why tile quotas are counted in tens of thousands rather than page views.

### What is Static map?
A static map is a server-rendered PNG or JPEG image of a map at a fixed centre, zoom, and size. Static maps are used where an interactive map cannot run: email, PDF exports, Open Graph share cards, and AI chat replies.

## Sources

- MapLibre Style Specification — MapLibre
- Mapbox Vector Tile specification — Mapbox
- MapLibre GL JS documentation — MapLibre
- OpenStreetMap tile usage policy — OpenStreetMap Foundation

## Maps for other frameworks

- vue
Vue
@geoql/v-maplibre: our own Vue 3 wrapper for MapLibre.
See snippet

- tsx
Next.js
SSR-safe maps inside the App Router.
See snippet

- svelte
SvelteKit
Browser-only map inside a SvelteKit route.
See snippet

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