Missing ImageSource implementation

[andreas-umbricht]

Hello there,

We currently use the org.maplibre.gl:android-sdk to display a rain map in our weather app. The basic map is created with a map style. The rain-layer is an ImageSource RasterLayer dynamically added above. The map should also display the user's current location and some pins.

I wanted to evaluate this library, so that we maybe one day can migrate. The base map, the users current location and the pins were really easy to implement and it works really fine.

The only problem is that there appears to be no ImageSource implementation for the rain-layer. Is there a way to achieve this without converting the image to some kind of GeoJson structure? And is it planned that ImageSource will be implemented?

Until then we will be stuck with the "legacy" sdk.

Kind regards and keep up the good work!

[sargunv]

Yes, we should support ImageSource (possibly with Painter support like we have for images in SymbolLayers too).

Filed #422

Is there a way to achieve this without converting the image to some kind of GeoJson structure?

Technically yes; you could convert your image into raster tiles and display it with a RasterSource and RasterLayer. But if your image doesn't already align to map tiles, it's a lot of extra work.