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+
+/*
+  Generic  Canvas Layer for leaflet 0.7 and 1.0-rc, 
+  copyright Stanislav Sumbera,  2016 , sumbera.com
+  originally created and motivated by L.CanvasOverlay  available here: https://gist.github.com/Sumbera/11114288  
+
+*/
+
+L.CanvasLayer = L.Class.extend({
+    // -- initialized is called on prototype 
+    initialize: function (options) {
+        this._map    = null;
+        this._canvas = null;
+        this._frame  = null;
+        L.setOptions(this, options);
+    },
+
+    needRedraw: function () {
+        if (!this._frame) {
+            this._frame = L.Util.requestAnimFrame(this.drawLayer, this);
+        }
+        return this;
+    },
+    
+    //-------------------------------------------------------------
+    _onLayerDidResize: function (resizeEvent) {
+        this._canvas.width = resizeEvent.newSize.x;
+        this._canvas.height = resizeEvent.newSize.y;
+    },
+    //-------------------------------------------------------------
+    _onLayerDidMove: function () {
+        var topLeft = this._map.containerPointToLayerPoint([0, 0]);
+        L.DomUtil.setPosition(this._canvas, topLeft);
+        this.drawLayer();
+    },
+    //-------------------------------------------------------------
+    getEvents: function () {
+        var events = {
+            resize: this._onLayerDidResize,
+            moveend: this._onLayerDidMove
+        };
+        if (this._map.options.zoomAnimation && L.Browser.any3d) {
+            events.zoomanim =  this._animateZoom;
+        }
+
+        return events;
+    },
+    //-- Leaflet 1.0-rc compatibility  from L.Layer , extension  to get it worked on lf 1.0 rc, this is not called on <1.0 versions 
+    _layerAdd: function (e) { this.onAdd(e.target); },
+    //-------------------------------------------------------------
+    onAdd: function (map) {
+        this._map = map;
+        this._canvas = L.DomUtil.create('canvas', 'leaflet-layer');
+        this.tiles = {};
+
+        var size = this._map.getSize();
+        this._canvas.width = size.x;
+        this._canvas.height = size.y;
+
+        var animated = this._map.options.zoomAnimation && L.Browser.any3d;
+        L.DomUtil.addClass(this._canvas, 'leaflet-zoom-' + (animated ? 'animated' : 'hide'));
+
+
+        map._panes.overlayPane.appendChild(this._canvas);
+
+        map.on(this.getEvents(),this);
+        
+
+        this.onLayerDidMount && this.onLayerDidMount(); // -- callback
+    },
+    
+    //-------------------------------------------------------------
+    onRemove: function (map) {
+        this.onLayerWillUnmount && this.onLayerWillUnmount(); // -- callback
+
+        map.getPanes().overlayPane.removeChild(this._canvas);
+ 
+        map.off(this.getEvents(),this);
+        
+        this._canvas = null;
+
+    },
+
+    //------------------------------------------------------------
+    addTo: function (map) {
+        map.addLayer(this);
+        return this;
+    },
+    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    LatLonToMercator: function (latlon) {
+        return {
+            x: latlon.lng * 6378137 * Math.PI / 180,
+            y: Math.log(Math.tan((90 + latlon.lat) * Math.PI / 360)) * 6378137
+        };
+    },
+
+    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    drawLayer: function () {
+        // -- todo make the viewInfo properties  flat objects.
+        var size   = this._map.getSize();
+        var bounds = this._map.getBounds();
+        var zoom   = this._map.getZoom();
+
+        var center = this.LatLonToMercator(this._map.getCenter());
+        var corner = this.LatLonToMercator(this._map.containerPointToLatLng(this._map.getSize()));
+                        
+        this.onDrawLayer && this.onDrawLayer({  canvas: this._canvas,
+                                                bounds: bounds,
+                                                size: size,
+                                                zoom: zoom,
+                                                center : center,
+                                                corner : corner
+                                            });
+        this._frame = null;
+    },
+
+    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    _animateZoom: function (e) {
+        var scale = this._map.getZoomScale(e.zoom),
+            offset = this._map._getCenterOffset(e.center)._multiplyBy(-scale).subtract(this._map._getMapPanePos());
+
+        this._canvas.style[L.DomUtil.TRANSFORM] = (L.Browser.ie3d ? 'translate(' + offset.x + 'px,' + offset.y + 'px)' :
+                                                                 'translate3d(' + offset.x + 'px,' + offset.y + 'px,0)') +
+                                                                 (scale ? ' scale(' + scale + ')' : '');
+
+    }
+});
+
+L.canvasLayer = function () {
+    return new L.CanvasLayer();
+};
+
+