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Download shapes from leaflet map

I have online access to a leaflet map, but cannot reach the authors. Is there a way to download shapes from this map (to shp, geojson, etc.)?

I thought of running some leaflet-related javascript code in browser console, but I couldn’t find any relevant commands in the documentation.

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Answer

When you look into the dev tools of the link you posted, what you’ll find is that the shapes you see there are actually part of a raster tile layer:

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Looking into the source code (sources tab), you can see that they’re added with this code:

 L.TileLayer.Codes = L.TileLayer.extend({
        getTileUrl: function(coords) {
            return "http://mapa-kodow-pocztowych.pl/tiles/" + ((coords.x + 10 * coords.y) % 100) + '/' + coords.z + '-' + coords.x + '-' + coords.y + '.png';
        },
        getAttribution: function() {
            return 'Code Map &copy; RoboLabs, <a href ="mailto:admi' + 'n@mapa-kodow-pocztow' + 'ych.pl">email</a>';
        }
  });

Looks like those tiles are being served by the same server that’s serving the webpage. Again in the sources tab:

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This means there’s no good way to know where the data from these tiles came from, or trace them back to their original shapefile sources (as far as I can tell). Sorry. You’d have to contact the page author and ask them for their source data.

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