Your first task is to visualize an earthquake data set.
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Get your data set
The USGS provides earthquake data in a number of different formats, updated every 5 minutes. Visit the USGS GeoJSON Feed page and pick a data set to visualize. When you click on a data set, for example 'All Earthquakes from the Past 7 Days', you will be given a JSON representation of that data. You will be using the URL of this JSON to pull in the data for our visualization.
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Import & Visualize the Data
Create a map using Leaflet that plots all of the earthquakes from your data set based on their longitude and latitude.
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Your data markers should reflect the magnitude of the earthquake in their size and color. Earthquakes with higher magnitudes should appear larger and darker in color.
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Include popups that provide additional information about the earthquake when a marker is clicked.
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Create a legend that will provide context for your map data.
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The USGS wants you to plot a second data set on your map to illustrate the relationship between tectonic plates and seismic activity. You will need to pull in a second data set and visualize it along side your original set of data. Data on tectonic plates can be found at https://github.com/fraxen/tectonicplates.
In this step we are going to..
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Plot a second data set on your map.
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Add a number of base maps to choose from as well as separate out our two different data sets into overlays that can be turned on and off independently.
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Add layer controls to your map.
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