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  1. Screen recording of the map gesture control demo showing an OpenLayers map with a small webcam preview in the corner. A user pans the map by making a fist and moving their hand, then zooms by spreading two open hands apart. All hand tracking and gesture detection runs in the browser using MediaPipe WASM with no backend.

    Control Maps with Hand Gestures: Browser-Native Gesture Control for OpenLayers, Google Maps & Leaflet

    Apr 2026

    Ever wanted to pan, zoom, rotate, and reset a map without touching anything? I built a library that lets you control web maps using just your hands. No mouse, no touchscreen, no backend. Everything ru...

  1. How I built open source gesture controls for OpenLayers, Google Maps & Leaflet (with MediaPipe)

    How I built open source gesture controls for OpenLayers, Google Maps & Leaflet (with MediaPipe)

    Apr 2026

    Control OpenLayers, Google Maps, or Leaflet maps with hand gestures using MediaPipe. Pan, zoom, rotate and reset with just a webcam. Open source, no backend.