Why would you use digital mapping? Utilising digital mapping has several different implementations in digital humanities. It is most often used as a means of data visualisation, but often has its benefits in digitising historical and cultural maps from physical formats and georeferencing locational data. With the recent years of
Leaflet (https://leafletjs.com) is a JavaScript library for adding interactive maps to websites. It is an alternative to Google Maps, and while requiring more effort to set and use, it can give the designer more control over the resulting website. Leaflet is used by sites such as Glottolog (https://glottolog.org) and the
