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I am able to following the Choropleth example of leaflet:

https://leafletjs.com/examples/choropleth/

Now, I want to add another overlay for another data, and with that I am also successful. My problem is on displaying or retrieving the data of the current active overlay, no matter what I did it is still showing the data of the 1st overlay even if I am selecting the 2nd overlay.

The "e" in the following example still displays the data of the 1st overlay:

    function highlightFeature(e) {

Here is how I am adding the overlays:

var overlays = {
    "PUI": PUIs,
    "Confirmed": Confirmed
};

var options = {
      position: 'bottomleft'
};

L.control.layers(baseLayers, overlays, options).addTo(map);

And here is how I am adding the layers:

    geojson = L.geoJson(item, {
                style: style,
                onEachFeature: onEachFeature
            }).addTo(PUIs);

I am not sure what I am missing, I tried using different "onEachFeature" for each overlay, and different functions for the different events but still it made no difference. What am I missing?

EDIT: With 1st overlay I meant the "PUIs", even if I uncheck it and select "Confirmed", when highlighting the map it is displaying the data for "PUIs" instead of the "Confirmed".

EDIT2: Here's the modified Choropleth example which shows the behaviour:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>

    <title>Choropleth Tutorial - Leaflet</title>

    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

    <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="docs/images/favicon.ico" />

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/leaflet.css" integrity="sha512-xwE/Az9zrjBIphAcBb3F6JVqxf46+CDLwfLMHloNu6KEQCAWi6HcDUbeOfBIptF7tcCzusKFjFw2yuvEpDL9wQ==" crossorigin=""/>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/leaflet.js" integrity="sha512-gZwIG9x3wUXg2hdXF6+rVkLF/0Vi9U8D2Ntg4Ga5I5BZpVkVxlJWbSQtXPSiUTtC0TjtGOmxa1AJPuV0CPthew==" crossorigin=""></script>


    <style>
        html, body {
            height: 100%;
            margin: 0;
        }
        #map {
            width: 600px;
            height: 400px;
        }
    </style>

    <style>#map { width: 800px; height: 500px; }
.info { padding: 6px 8px; font: 14px/16px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: white; background: rgba(255,255,255,0.8); box-shadow: 0 0 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.2); border-radius: 5px; } .info h4 { margin: 0 0 5px; color: #777; }
.legend { text-align: left; line-height: 18px; color: #555; } .legend i { width: 18px; height: 18px; float: left; margin-right: 8px; opacity: 0.7; }</style>
</head>
<body>

<div id='map'></div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.js"  integrity="sha256-WpOohJOqMqqyKL9FccASB9O0KwACQJpFTUBLTYOVvVU="  crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="assets/js/script.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="us-states.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">

    var cities = L.layerGroup();
    var cities2 = L.layerGroup();

    var map = L.map('map').setView([37.8, -96], 4);

    var xx = L.tileLayer('https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/{id}/tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoibWFwYm94IiwiYSI6ImNpejY4NXVycTA2emYycXBndHRqcmZ3N3gifQ.rJcFIG214AriISLbB6B5aw', {
        maxZoom: 18,
        attribution: 'Map data &copy; <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors, ' +
            '<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC-BY-SA</a>, ' +
            'Imagery © <a href="https://www.mapbox.com/">Mapbox</a>',
        id: 'mapbox/light-v9',
        tileSize: 512,
        zoomOffset: -1
    }).addTo(map);


    // control that shows state info on hover
    var info = L.control();

    info.onAdd = function (map) {
        this._div = L.DomUtil.create('div', 'info');
        this.update();
        return this._div;
    };

    info.update = function (props) {
        this._div.innerHTML = '<h4>US Population Density</h4>' +  (props ?
            '<b>' + props.name + '</b><br />' + props.density + ' people / mi<sup>2</sup>'
            : 'Hover over a state');
    };

    info.addTo(map);


    // get color depending on population density value
    function getColor(d) {
        return d > 1000 ? '#800026' :
                d > 500  ? '#BD0026' :
                d > 200  ? '#E31A1C' :
                d > 100  ? '#FC4E2A' :
                d > 50   ? '#FD8D3C' :
                d > 20   ? '#FEB24C' :
                d > 10   ? '#FED976' :
                            '#FFEDA0';
    }

    function style(feature) {
        return {
            weight: 2,
            opacity: 1,
            color: 'white',
            dashArray: '3',
            fillOpacity: 0.7,
            fillColor: getColor(feature.properties.density)
        };
    }

    function highlightFeature(e) {
        var layer = e.target;

        layer.setStyle({
            weight: 5,
            color: '#666',
            dashArray: '',
            fillOpacity: 0.7
        });

        if (!L.Browser.ie && !L.Browser.opera && !L.Browser.edge) {
            layer.bringToFront();
        }

        info.update(layer.feature.properties);
    }

    var geojson;

    function resetHighlight(e) {
        geojson.resetStyle(e.target);
        info.update();
    }

    function zoomToFeature(e) {
        map.fitBounds(e.target.getBounds());
    }

    function onEachFeature(feature, layer) {
        layer.on({
            mouseover: highlightFeature,
            mouseout: resetHighlight,
            click: zoomToFeature
        });
    }

    geojson = L.geoJson(statesData, {
        style: style,
        onEachFeature: onEachFeature
    }).addTo(cities);

    cities.addTo(map);

    var states2 = statesData;
    $.each(states2.features, function (index, item) {
        item.properties.density = 11;       
        geojson = L.geoJson(item, {
            style: style,
            onEachFeature: onEachFeature
        }).addTo(cities2);
    }); 


    map.attributionControl.addAttribution('Population data &copy; <a href="http://census.gov/">US Census Bureau</a>');


    var legend = L.control({position: 'bottomright'});

    legend.onAdd = function (map) {

        var div = L.DomUtil.create('div', 'info legend'),
            grades = [0, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000],
            labels = [],
            from, to;

        for (var i = 0; i < grades.length; i++) {
            from = grades[i];
            to = grades[i + 1];

            labels.push(
                '<i style="background:' + getColor(from + 1) + '"></i> ' +
                from + (to ? '&ndash;' + to : '+'));
        }

        div.innerHTML = labels.join('<br>');
        return div;
    };

    legend.addTo(map);


    var baseLayers = {
        "Grayscale": xx
    };

    var overlays = {
        "Cities": cities,
        "Cities2": cities2
    };

    L.control.layers(baseLayers, overlays).addTo(map);

</script>

</body>
</html>

Hovering over the cities will just display "11" which is the density of the 2nd overlay, and will reset according to the style of the 2nd overlay.

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This not really a GIS problem but JS object manipulation problem, but anyway …

Where you think you are creating new object by assignment var states2 = statesData;, you are in reality just passing pointer to original object. When you are later changing properties of object referred to by states2 with statement item.properties.density = 11;, you are in fact changing properties of original object.

There are a few methods how to create clone of a object, the simplest being in first converting object to JSON string and then back to object, thus creating new object:

function objectClone(obj) {
  return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj));
}

Your states2 assignment statement then becomes:

var states2 = objectClone(statesData);
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  • Thank you so much, that did it, I was not aware of that intricacy, I thought I was just missing some setting in the leaflet.
    – dee-u
    Commented Apr 15, 2020 at 12:17

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