Mouse drag behaviour and fling damping

example/lib/main.dart

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/debouncing_tile_update_transformer.dar
 import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/epsg3996_crs.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/epsg4326_crs.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/fallback_url_page.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/fling_animation_damping.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/home.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/interactive_test_page.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/latlng_to_screen_point.dart';
@@ -79,6 +80,8 @@ class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
         TileBuilderPage.route: (context) => const TileBuilderPage(),
         ErrorTileBuilder.route: (context) => const ErrorTileBuilder(),
         InteractiveFlagsPage.route: (context) => const InteractiveFlagsPage(),
+        FlingAnimationDampingPage.route: (context) =>
+            const FlingAnimationDampingPage(),
         ManyMarkersPage.route: (context) => const ManyMarkersPage(),
         MapInsideListViewPage.route: (context) => const MapInsideListViewPage(),
         ResetTileLayerPage.route: (context) => const ResetTileLayerPage(),

example/lib/pages/fling_animation_damping.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_map/flutter_map.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_map_example/misc/tile_providers.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_map_example/widgets/drawer/menu_drawer.dart';
+import 'package:latlong2/latlong.dart';
+
+class FlingAnimationDampingPage extends StatefulWidget {
+  static const String route = '/fling_animation_damping';
+
+  const FlingAnimationDampingPage({super.key});
+
+  @override
+  State<FlingAnimationDampingPage> createState() =>
+      _FlingAnimationDampingPageState();
+}
+
+class _FlingAnimationDampingPageState extends State<FlingAnimationDampingPage> {
+  double _dampingRatio = 2;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return Scaffold(
+      appBar: AppBar(title: const Text('Fling Animation Damping')),
+      drawer: const MenuDrawer(FlingAnimationDampingPage.route),
+      body: Column(
+        children: [
+          Padding(
+            padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16),
+            child: Column(
+              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
+              children: [
+                Text(
+                  'Damping Ratio: ${_dampingRatio.toStringAsFixed(1)}',
+                  style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.titleMedium,
+                  textAlign: TextAlign.center,
+                ),
+                const SizedBox(height: 8),
+                const Text(
+                  'Drag the map and release to see the fling animation. '
+                  'Lower values = less momentum, stops quicker. '
+                  'Higher values = more momentum, bouncier feel. ',
+                  textAlign: TextAlign.center,
+                  style: TextStyle(fontSize: 12),
+                ),
+                const SizedBox(height: 8),
+                Row(
+                  children: [
+                    const Text('Damped (1)'),
+                    Expanded(
+                      child: Slider(
+                        value: _dampingRatio,
+                        min: 1,
+                        max: 10,
+                        divisions: 19,
+                        label: _dampingRatio.toStringAsFixed(1),
+                        onChanged: (value) {
+                          setState(() {
+                            _dampingRatio = value;
+                          });
+                        },
+                      ),
+                    ),
+                    const Text('Damped (10)'),
+                  ],
+                ),
+                const SizedBox(height: 8),
+                Wrap(
+                  spacing: 8,
+                  runSpacing: 8,
+                  alignment: WrapAlignment.center,
+                  children: [
+                    ElevatedButton(
+                      onPressed: () => setState(() => _dampingRatio = 1),
+                      child: const Text('Very Damped (1)'),
+                    ),
+                    ElevatedButton(
+                      onPressed: () => setState(() => _dampingRatio = 2),
+                      child: const Text('Damped (2)'),
+                    ),
+                    ElevatedButton(
+                      onPressed: () => setState(() => _dampingRatio = 5),
+                      child: const Text('Default (5)'),
+                    ),
+                    ElevatedButton(
+                      onPressed: () => setState(() => _dampingRatio = 7),
+                      child: const Text('Bouncy (4)'),
+                    ),
+                    ElevatedButton(
+                      onPressed: () => setState(() => _dampingRatio = 10),
+                      child: const Text('Very Bouncy (10)'),
+                    ),
+                  ],
+                ),
+              ],
+            ),
+          ),
+          Expanded(
+            child: FlutterMap(
+              options: MapOptions(
+                initialCenter: const LatLng(51.5, -0.09),
+                initialZoom: 11,
+                interactionOptions: InteractionOptions(
+                  flags: InteractiveFlag.all,
+                  flingAnimationDampingRatio: _dampingRatio,
+                ),
+              ),
+              children: [
+                openStreetMapTileLayer,
+                Center(
+                  child: Container(
+                    padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8),
+                    decoration: BoxDecoration(
+                      color: Colors.white.withValues(alpha: 0.8),
+                      borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(4),
+                    ),
+                    child: const Text(
+                      'Drag and release to see the fling effect!',
+                      style: TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.bold),
+                    ),
+                  ),
+                ),
+              ],
+            ),
+          ),
+        ],
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}

example/lib/widgets/drawer/menu_drawer.dart

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/debouncing_tile_update_transformer.dar
 import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/epsg3996_crs.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/epsg4326_crs.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/fallback_url_page.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/fling_animation_damping.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/home.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/interactive_test_page.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_map_example/pages/latlng_to_screen_point.dart';
@@ -190,6 +191,11 @@ class MenuDrawer extends StatelessWidget {
             routeName: InteractiveFlagsPage.route,
             currentRoute: currentRoute,
           ),
+          MenuItemWidget(
+            caption: 'Fling Animation Damping',
+            routeName: FlingAnimationDampingPage.route,
+            currentRoute: currentRoute,
+          ),
           const Divider(),
           MenuItemWidget(
             caption: 'WMS Sourced Map',

lib/src/gestures/map_interactive_viewer.dart

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class MapInteractiveViewerState extends State<MapInteractiveViewer>
   late double _lastRotation;
   late double _lastScale;
   late Offset _lastFocalLocal;
+  late Offset _prevFocalLocal;
   late LatLng _mapCenterStart;
   late double _mapZoomStart;
   late Offset _focalStartLocal;
@@ -539,7 +540,8 @@ class MapInteractiveViewerState extends State<MapInteractiveViewer>
 
     _mapZoomStart = _camera.zoom;
     _mapCenterStart = _camera.center;
-    _focalStartLocal = _lastFocalLocal = details.localFocalPoint;
+    _focalStartLocal =
+        _lastFocalLocal = _prevFocalLocal = details.localFocalPoint;
     _focalStartLatLng = _camera.offsetToCrs(_focalStartLocal);
 
     _dragStarted = false;
@@ -567,6 +569,7 @@ class MapInteractiveViewerState extends State<MapInteractiveViewer>
 
     _lastRotation = currentRotation;
     _lastScale = details.scale;
+    _prevFocalLocal = _lastFocalLocal;
     _lastFocalLocal = details.localFocalPoint;
   }
 
@@ -789,13 +792,28 @@ class MapInteractiveViewerState extends State<MapInteractiveViewer>
       return;
     }
 
-    final direction = details.velocity.pixelsPerSecond / magnitude;
+    // Use the tracked offset to determine direction instead of the velocity
+    // direction, which can be incorrect on web when the pointer leaves the
+    // window. Use the final segment direction to correctly handle curved
+    // gestures where the user changes direction during the drag.
+    final flingOffset = _focalStartLocal - _lastFocalLocal;
+    final finalSegment = _prevFocalLocal - _lastFocalLocal;
+    final finalSegmentDistance = finalSegment.distance;
+
+    // Use final segment direction if available, otherwise fall back to overall
+    // direction for edge cases where the final segment has no movement.
+    final Offset direction;
+    if (finalSegmentDistance > 0) {
+      direction = finalSegment / finalSegmentDistance;
+    } else {
+      final flingDistance = flingOffset.distance;
+      direction = flingOffset / flingDistance;
+    }
     final distance = (Offset.zero & _camera.nonRotatedSize).shortestSide;
 
-    final flingOffset = _focalStartLocal - _lastFocalLocal;
     _flingAnimation = Tween<Offset>(
       begin: flingOffset,
-      end: flingOffset - direction * distance,
+      end: flingOffset + direction * distance,
     ).animate(_flingController);
 
     _flingController
@@ -805,7 +823,7 @@ class MapInteractiveViewerState extends State<MapInteractiveViewer>
           springDescription: SpringDescription.withDampingRatio(
             mass: 1,
             stiffness: 1000,
-            ratio: 5,
+            ratio: _interactionOptions.flingAnimationDampingRatio,
           ));
   }
 

lib/src/map/options/interaction.dart

@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@ class InteractionOptions {
   /// Defaults to [Curves.fastOutSlowIn].
   final Curve doubleTapZoomCurve;
 
+  /// The damping ratio for the fling animation spring simulation
+  ///
+  /// This controls how the fling animation decelerates after a drag gesture.
+  /// Lower values result in less damping (more momentum, bouncier).
+  /// Higher values result in more damping (stops quicker, less bouncy).
+  ///
+  /// Defaults to 5.0.
+  final double flingAnimationDampingRatio;
+
   /// Options to configure cursor/keyboard rotation
   ///
   /// Cursor/keyboard rotation is designed for desktop platforms, and allows the
@@ -129,6 +138,7 @@ class InteractionOptions {
         defaultDoubleTapDragZoomChangeCalculator,
     this.doubleTapZoomDuration = const Duration(milliseconds: 200),
     this.doubleTapZoomCurve = Curves.fastOutSlowIn,
+    this.flingAnimationDampingRatio = 5.0,
     this.cursorKeyboardRotationOptions = const CursorKeyboardRotationOptions(),
     this.keyboardOptions = const KeyboardOptions(),
   })  : assert(
@@ -142,6 +152,10 @@ class InteractionOptions {
         assert(
           pinchMoveThreshold >= 0.0,
           '`pinchMoveThreshold` must be positive',
+        ),
+        assert(
+          flingAnimationDampingRatio > 0.0,
+          '`flingAnimationDampingRatio` must be positive',
         );
 
   /// Default calculator function for [doubleTapDragZoomChangeCalculator]
@@ -171,6 +185,7 @@ class InteractionOptions {
           other.doubleTapDragZoomChangeCalculator &&
       doubleTapZoomDuration == other.doubleTapZoomDuration &&
       doubleTapZoomCurve == other.doubleTapZoomCurve &&
+      flingAnimationDampingRatio == other.flingAnimationDampingRatio &&
       keyboardOptions == other.keyboardOptions;
 
   @override
@@ -188,6 +203,7 @@ class InteractionOptions {
         doubleTapDragZoomChangeCalculator,
         doubleTapZoomDuration,
         doubleTapZoomCurve,
+        flingAnimationDampingRatio,
         keyboardOptions,
       );
 }