Using removeLayer of Leaflet

Question

See the Leaflet tutorial for adding a layer control to your map:

L.Icon.Default.imagePath = "Scripts/images";
var mapUrl = 'http://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.se/hydda/full/{z}/{x}/{y}.png';
var secondMap = 'http://{s}.tile.osm.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png';
var littleton = L.marker([39.61, -105.02]).bindPopup('This is Littleton, CO.'),
denver = L.marker([39.74, -104.99]).bindPopup('This is Denver, CO.'),
aurora = L.marker([39.73, -104.8]).bindPopup('This is Aurora, CO.'),
golden = L.marker([39.77, -105.23]).bindPopup('This is Golden, CO.');
var cities = L.layerGroup([littleton, denver, aurora, golden]);
var grayscale = L.tileLayer(mapUrl, { id: mapUrl }),
streets = L.tileLayer(secondMap, { id: secondMap });
var map = L.map('map', {
    center: [39.73, -104.99],
    zoom: 10,
    layers: [grayscale, cities]
});
var baseMaps = {
    "Grayscale": grayscale,
    "Streets": streets
};
var overlayMaps = {
    "Cities": cities
};
L.control.layers(baseMaps, overlayMaps).addTo(map);

How do I use the removeLayer function to remove the "GrayScale" map from the control using a map.on('click') event?

The code would be:

map.on('click', function(){
    //remove GrayScale
});

score 33 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 24 '14 at 09:39

If you want to remove the grayscale map from the start just delete:

    "Grayscale": grayscale,

From

var baseMaps = {
    "Grayscale": grayscale,
    "Streets": streets
};

If you want to remove the layer on a click you call it as a method on the map object. Like so:

map.removeLayer(grayscale)

To remove it from the control you first have to assign the control to a variable. Change this:

L.control.layers(baseMaps, overlayMaps).addTo(map);

To this:

lcontrol = L.control.layers(baseMaps, overlayMaps).addTo(map);

Then you can call:

lcontrol.removeLayer(grayscale)

..to remove it from the control.

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 12 '20 at 19:46

When you add a layer to L.control, you add an object by reference. Instead of remove the layer, you can modify the object :

let baseMaps = {
    "Grayscale": grayscale,
    "Streets": streets
};

L.control.layers(baseMaps, overlayMaps).addTo(map);

baseMaps = {
    "Streets": streets
};

I did this with overlayMaps. Each time I uploaded new markers, the old ones still stayed in overlay. And I realized I made an array from markers and pushed new ones in it. So I reset my array before upload : overlayMarkers.length = 0 and it works !

Using removeLayer of Leaflet

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