# Let's contribute a little towards maplibre interop
**URL:** https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/lets-contribute-a-little-towards-maplibre-interop/8042
**Category:** Learn
**Created:** [January 2, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/lets-contribute-a-little-towards-maplibre-interop/8042 "2022-01-02T21:57:29Z")
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### Author:  [@kanishka](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/kanishka)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/lets-contribute-a-little-towards-maplibre-interop/8042/1 "2022-01-02T21:57:29Z")
There was someone interested in having the elm mapbox wrapper library support maplibre. There also was some work on the elm mapbox library in 2019. I am going to try dust off my Elm skills and experiment with the elm mapbox library in this thread, as I get spare time.
Here is the last thread that I could find: [What good libraries are for maps handling](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/what-good-libraries-are-for-maps-handling/2769).
I am going to try working through the existing elm mapbox library example instructions first. I will post replies to this thread as I work through it.
I am primarily a backend developer, who has worked in FP languages in the past. I like graph algorithms, geospatial systems, and various applied algorithm topics. I am new to leaflet and mapbox / maplibre.
If I get very far with this thread, it would be nice if I can collaborate with others to document how to get maptiler layers + local postgis/tegola layers + maplibre + elm mapbox library up and running. We’ll see how far it goes. I am up for using codeberg or gitlab (or maybe GitHub if others strongly prefer that) and this forum to collaborate. I am also up for chatting synchronously with people on a matrix channel, if anybody expresses interest.
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### Author:  [@kanishka](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/kanishka)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/lets-contribute-a-little-towards-maplibre-interop/8042/2 "2022-01-03T03:05:05Z")
[Example01.elm](https://codeberg.org/reading-list/elm-mapbox/src/branch/master/examples/Example01.elm) worked for me. I updated the elm-version to 0.19.1. I added “gampleman/elm-mapbox” as an elm dependency. I hardcoded the Mapbox token to use my token. I updated the index.js to reference Example01 instead of Example02. I ended up with the following newer npm deps:
```auto
"devDependencies": {
"elm": "^0.19.1-5",
"elm-hot": "^1.1.6",
"node-elm-compiler": "^5.0.6",
"parcel-bundler": "^1.12.5"
},
"dependencies": {
"elm-mapbox": "^4.1.0",
"mapbox-gl": "^1.0.0"
}
```
I am going to try building Example01 directly with the library source code, instead of referencing elm-mapbox as a published dependency. Once I figure that out, I will try the generic web instructions for swapping in maplibre.
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### Author:  [@robvdb](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/robvdb)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/lets-contribute-a-little-towards-maplibre-interop/8042/3 "2022-01-12T11:59:23Z")
I am also interested in collaborating on this: For the moment we are using maplibre with maptiler outside of Elm. I would like to join the proposed matrix channel.
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### Author:  [@kanishka](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/kanishka)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/lets-contribute-a-little-towards-maplibre-interop/8042/4 "2022-01-12T15:56:35Z")
I have never created a matrix room before, but here is my attempt: [https://matrix.to/#/#elm-maplibre:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#elm-maplibre:matrix.org)
I am juggling golang training, interviews, and this, so I will be sporadically returning to this thread and chatting in the channel. If anybody feels a burst of inspiration to make progress at a certain moment, I can pause my other tasks and focus on this synchronously with people on the channel or here, just send a message here or on the channel with a day and time (+timezone).
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### Author:  [@gampleman](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/gampleman)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/lets-contribute-a-little-towards-maplibre-interop/8042/5 "2022-01-12T18:41:24Z")
Also note that there is a dedicated #maps channel on Slack for this sort of thing.
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### Author:  [@kanishka](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/kanishka)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/lets-contribute-a-little-towards-maplibre-interop/8042/6 "2022-01-13T03:25:27Z")
Thanks! I am actively choosing matrix/zulip/discourse when possible, to stay closer to open source. I usually only use slack when my work forces me to.
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### Author:  [@gampleman](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/gampleman)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/lets-contribute-a-little-towards-maplibre-interop/8042/7 "2022-01-13T08:47:33Z")
For sure. I was more pointing this out since the slack channel is a few years old and has about a 100 people on it presumably at least somewhat interested in maps. So might be a good place to reach them if you want feedback, help or just users.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2022, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/lets-contribute-a-little-towards-maplibre-interop/8042/8 "2022-01-23T08:48:00Z")
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