feat: add Web Worker support for marker clustering #891
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Summary
useSuperclusterWorkerhook for offloading clustering to Web WorkeruseMapViewporthook for tracking map bounds and zoomworker-marker-clusteringexample demonstrating 10k+ markersProblem
Addresses #526 - clustering with large datasets (7,500+ markers) blocks the main thread, causing UI freezes up to 17 seconds.
Solution
Moves Supercluster operations to a Web Worker, keeping the main thread responsive regardless of dataset size.
Changes
src/hooks/use-supercluster-worker.ts- New hooksrc/hooks/use-map-viewport.ts- New hooksrc/index.ts- Export new hooksexamples/worker-marker-clustering/- Full working example