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 <img src="http://leafletjs.com/docs/images/logo.png" alt="Leaflet" />
 
-Leaflet is an open source JavaScript library for **mobile-friendly interactive maps**.
-It is developed by [Vladimir Agafonkin][] of [Mapbox][] with a team of dedicated [contributors][].
-Weighing just about 30 KB of gzipped JS code, it has all the [features][] most developers ever need for online maps.
+Leaflet is the leading open-source JavaScript library for **mobile-friendly interactive maps**.
+Weighing just about 33 KB of gzipped JS code, it has all the mapping [features][] most developers ever need.
 
 Leaflet is designed with *simplicity*, *performance* and *usability* in mind.
 It works efficiently across all major desktop and mobile platforms out of the box,
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 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/Leaflet/Leaflet.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/Leaflet/Leaflet)
 
- [Vladimir Agafonkin]: http://agafonkin.com/en
  [contributors]: https://github.com/Leaflet/Leaflet/graphs/contributors
  [features]: http://leafletjs.com/#features
  [plugins]: http://leafletjs.com/plugins.html
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  [contribute]: https://github.com/Leaflet/Leaflet/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md "A guide to contributing to Leaflet"
  [official website]: http://leafletjs.com
  [download page]: http://leafletjs.com/download.html
- [Mapbox]: https://mapbox.com
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