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Pattern Fill

Register an image with map.addImage() and reference it from fill-pattern. This example builds a striped pattern from raw pixel data.

import { MaptoolkitLogoControl } from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@maptoolkit/maplibre-gl-logo/+esm';
const map = new maplibregl.Map({ container: 'map', attributionControl: { customAttribution: '' }, style: 'https://styles.maptoolkit.org/summer.json', center: [13.405, 52.52], zoom: 11 }); // Berlin
const area = { type: 'Feature', properties: {}, geometry: { type: 'Polygon', coordinates: [[[13.33, 52.55], [13.48, 52.55], [13.48, 52.49], [13.33, 52.49], [13.33, 52.55]]] } };
map.on('load', function () {
  const size = 16;
  const data = new Uint8Array(size * size * 4);
  for (let y = 0; y < size; y++) {
    for (let x = 0; x < size; x++) {
      const i = (y * size + x) * 4;
      const on = ((x + y) % 8) < 4;
      data[i] = 232; data[i + 1] = 85; data[i + 2] = 26; data[i + 3] = on ? 200 : 50;
    }
  }
  map.addImage('stripes', { width: size, height: size, data: data });
  map.addSource('area', { type: 'geojson', data: area });
  map.addLayer({ id: 'area', type: 'fill', source: 'area', paint: { 'fill-pattern': 'stripes' } });
});
map.addControl(new MaptoolkitLogoControl());
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
  <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/maplibre-gl.js"></script>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/maplibre-gl.css" />
  <style>
    html, body { width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
    #map { width: 100%; height: 100%; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="map"></div>
  <script type="module">
import { MaptoolkitLogoControl } from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@maptoolkit/maplibre-gl-logo/+esm';
const map = new maplibregl.Map({ container: 'map', attributionControl: { customAttribution: '' }, style: 'https://styles.maptoolkit.org/summer.json', center: [13.405, 52.52], zoom: 11 }); // Berlin
const area = { type: 'Feature', properties: {}, geometry: { type: 'Polygon', coordinates: [[[13.33, 52.55], [13.48, 52.55], [13.48, 52.49], [13.33, 52.49], [13.33, 52.55]]] } };
map.on('load', function () {
  const size = 16;
  const data = new Uint8Array(size * size * 4);
  for (let y = 0; y < size; y++) {
    for (let x = 0; x < size; x++) {
      const i = (y * size + x) * 4;
      const on = ((x + y) % 8) < 4;
      data[i] = 232; data[i + 1] = 85; data[i + 2] = 26; data[i + 3] = on ? 200 : 50;
    }
  }
  map.addImage('stripes', { width: size, height: size, data: data });
  map.addSource('area', { type: 'geojson', data: area });
  map.addLayer({ id: 'area', type: 'fill', source: 'area', paint: { 'fill-pattern': 'stripes' } });
});
map.addControl(new MaptoolkitLogoControl());
  </script>
</body>
</html>