Case study · Built on the GDK

VisQuill Lens

A complete, browser-based tool for exploring geographic data — built entirely on the VisQuill GDK. Drag interactive lens overlays across a map; each lens aggregates the data beneath it into a live bar chart. It's one example of what the toolkit can build when taken all the way to a finished product.

VisQuill Lens screenshot

What it does

Explore geography by lens

Place moveable lenses on a map and read the data beneath each one at a glance — no GIS expertise or coding required.

  • Up to 3 lenses
  • Runs in the browser
  • No server · no tracking
  • Embeddable iframe export
  • Save and restore sessions
  • MapLibre GL basemaps

Try it

Use it with your own data

Standalone web app

Runs entirely in the browser — no server, no account, no data leaves your computer. Load a CSV, configure up to three lenses, and export a web folder you can deploy anywhere.

Power BI custom visual

The same lens visualization is available as a Power BI custom visual. Evaluation builds are provided on request.

The standalone app and exported viewers are free with a "Made with VisQuill" attribution. White-label use is available — see licence terms. More detail in the FAQ.

Built with the GDK

Lens is one thing the GDK makes possible

Reactive geometry, constraints, interaction, and SVG rendering — the same foundation Lens is built on is available to build your own interactive visualizations.