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Fly to a location

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Use flyTo to smoothly interpolate between locations.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Fly to a location</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<link href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.8.0/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.8.0/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<style>
    #fly {
        display: block;
        position: relative;
        margin: 0px auto;
        width: 50%;
        height: 40px;
        padding: 10px;
        border: none;
        border-radius: 3px;
        font-size: 12px;
        text-align: center;
        color: #fff;
        background: #ee8a65;
    }
</style>
<div id="map"></div>
<br>
<button id="fly">Fly</button>
<script>
	// TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST
	// ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN FROM
	// https://account.mapbox.com
	mapboxgl.accessToken = 'YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN';
    const map = new mapboxgl.Map({
        container: 'map',
        // Choose from Mapbox's core styles, or make your own style with Mapbox Studio
        style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v12',
        center: [-74.5, 40],
        zoom: 4
    });

    document.getElementById('fly').addEventListener('click', () => {
        // Fly to a random location
        map.flyTo({
            center: [(Math.random() - 0.5) * 360, (Math.random() - 0.5) * 100],
            essential: true // this animation is considered essential with respect to prefers-reduced-motion
        });
    });
</script>

</body>
</html>
This code snippet will not work as expected until you replace YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN with an access token from your Mapbox account.
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