Demo: https://pigeon-maps.js.org/ (using maps from MapTiler, OSM and Stamen)

Are you tired of waiting 3 seconds to parse 200kb of Google Maps JavaScript just to display a few tiles and a marker? 140kb of minified Leaflet too much?

Welcome to the club!

This project aims to provide a performance-first React-centric extendable map engine.

We're currently at:

Implemented:

• Show tiles
• Arbitrary overlays (markers, etc)
• Move the map by dragging
• Move the map by touch on mobile
• Zooming with the scroll wheel
• Zooming by touch
• Fractional zooming (e.g. to level 12.2)
• Zoom without flickering (keep old tiles until new ones load)
• Smooth animated zooming
• Slide when dragging and letting go
• Event handling (clicks, etc)
• Double click and double tap zooming
• Option to block dragging with one finger and mouse wheel scrolling without holding meta key
• Enable/disable touch and mouse events as needed - you could make a 100% static server rendered react map
• Support for 100% width/height containers
• Markers
• Overlays
• Draggable Overlays
• Zoom Controls

Missing:

• Double tap and then swipe touch zooming
• Many other components

Read the docs here!

Pigeons are experts in magnetoreception. Good pigeons can find their way home from anywhere.

Magnets were essential in making the first maps. With a good map you can find your way home from anywhere.

Thus, pigeon.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homing_pigeon