diff --git a/amuse/map/L.Icon.Pulse.css b/amuse/map/L.Icon.Pulse.css
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-.leaflet-pulsing-icon {
- border-radius: 100%;
- box-shadow: 1px 1px 8px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.75);
-}
-
-.leaflet-pulsing-icon:after {
- content: "";
- border-radius: 100%;
- height: 300%;
- width: 300%;
- position: absolute;
- margin: -100% 0 0 -100%;
-
-}
-
-@keyframes pulsate {
- 0% {
- transform: scale(0.1, 0.1);
- opacity: 0;
- -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0)";
- filter: alpha(opacity=0);
- }
- 50% {
- opacity: 1;
- -ms-filter: none;
- filter: none;
- }
- 100% {
- transform: scale(1.2, 1.2);
- opacity: 0;
- -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0)";
- filter: alpha(opacity=0);
- }
-}
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diff --git a/amuse/map/L.Icon.Pulse.js b/amuse/map/L.Icon.Pulse.js
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--- a/amuse/map/L.Icon.Pulse.js
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-(function(window) {
-
- L.Icon.Pulse = L.DivIcon.extend({
-
- options: {
- className: '',
- iconSize: [12,12],
- fillColor: 'red',
- color: 'red',
- animate: true,
- heartbeat: 1,
- },
-
- initialize: function (options) {
- L.setOptions(this,options);
-
- // css
-
- var uniqueClassName = 'lpi-'+ new Date().getTime()+'-'+Math.round(Math.random()*100000);
-
- var before = ['background-color: '+this.options.fillColor];
- var after = [
-
- 'box-shadow: 0 0 6px 2px '+this.options.color,
-
- 'animation: pulsate ' + this.options.heartbeat + 's ease-out',
- 'animation-iteration-count: infinite',
- 'animation-delay: '+ (this.options.heartbeat + .1) + 's',
- ];
-
- if (!this.options.animate){
- after.push('animation: none');
- after.push('box-shadow:none');
- }
-
- var css = [
- '.'+uniqueClassName+'{'+before.join(';')+';}',
- '.'+uniqueClassName+':after{'+after.join(';')+';}',
- ].join('');
-
- var el = document.createElement('style');
- if (el.styleSheet){
- el.styleSheet.cssText = css;
- } else {
- el.appendChild(document.createTextNode(css));
- }
-
- document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(el);
-
- // apply css class
-
- this.options.className = this.options.className+' leaflet-pulsing-icon '+uniqueClassName;
-
- // initialize icon
-
- L.DivIcon.prototype.initialize.call(this, options);
-
- }
- });
-
- L.icon.pulse = function (options) {
- return new L.Icon.Pulse(options);
- };
-
-
- L.Marker.Pulse = L.Marker.extend({
- initialize: function (latlng,options) {
- options.icon = L.icon.pulse(options);
- L.Marker.prototype.initialize.call(this, latlng, options);
- }
- });
-
- L.marker.pulse = function (latlng,options) {
- return new L.Marker.Pulse(latlng,options);
- };
-
-})(window);
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diff --git a/amuse/map/leaflet-pulse-icon/LICENSE b/amuse/map/leaflet-pulse-icon/LICENSE
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--- a/amuse/map/leaflet-pulse-icon/LICENSE
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-The MIT License (MIT)
-
-Copyright (c) 2015, Filip Zavadil
-All rights reserved.
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/amuse/map/leaflet-pulse-icon/README.md b/amuse/map/leaflet-pulse-icon/README.md
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--- a/amuse/map/leaflet-pulse-icon/README.md
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-leaflet-pulse-icon
-=====================
-
-
-