Style Specification

Examples

Add an animated icon to the map Add a generated icon to the map Generate and add a missing icon to the map Add a stretchable image to the map Add an icon to the map Display a map with a custom style Render world copies Display a satellite map Change a map's style Display a map

Display buildings in 3D Extrude polygons for 3D indoor mapping Add a 3D model Adjust a layer's opacity Animate a line Animate a series of images Animate a point Change building color based on zoom level Change the case of labels Display HTML clusters with custom properties Create and style clusters Change a layer's color with buttons Add a custom style layer Style circles with a data-driven property Style lines with a data-driven property Display and style rich text labels Use a fallback image Add a pattern to a polygon Add a new layer below labels Add a GeoJSON line Draw GeoJSON points Add a GeoJSON polygon Create a gradient line using an expression Add multiple geometries from one GeoJSON source Style ocean depth data Show and hide layers Change worldview of administrative boundaries Update a choropleth layer by zoom level Variable label placement Visualize population density Add hillshading Create a heatmap layer

Join local JSON data with vector tile geometries Add an image Add live realtime data Update a feature in realtime Add a raster tile source Add a third party vector tile source Add a vector tile source Add a video Add a WMS source

User interaction (20)

Animate 3D buildings based on ambient sounds Disable map rotation Create a draggable Marker Create a draggable point Filter features within map view Filter symbols by text input Filter symbols by toggling a list Create a hover effect Display a non-interactive map Change a map's language Measure distances Get coordinates of the mouse pointer Highlight features containing similar data Select features around a clicked point Get features under the mouse pointer Restrict map panning to an area Create a time slider Toggle interactions Highlight features within a bounding box Fit to the bounds of a LineString

Animate map camera around a point Animate a point along a route Center the map on a clicked symbol Fit a map to a bounding box Slowly fly to a location Fly to a location Navigate the map with game-like controls Jump to a series of locations Play map locations as a slideshow Fly to a location based on scroll position Set pitch and bearing

Controls and overlays (17)

Animate a marker Change the default position for attribution Add custom icons with Markers Disable scroll zoom View a fullscreen map Locate the user Swipe between maps Display driving directions Show drawn polygon area Add a geocoder Add a marker using a place name Display map navigation controls Show polygon information on click Display a popup on click Display a popup on hover Display a popup Attach a popup to a marker instance

Supplement forward geocoding search results from another data source Accept coordinates as input to a geocoder Use a custom render function with a geocoder Limit geocoder results to a named region Place the geocoder input outside the map Use a custom camera animation with a geocoder Localize the geocoder to a given language Set a point after Geocoder result

Browser support (1)

Check for browser support

Internationalization support (2)

Use locally generated ideographs Add support for right-to-left scripts

Locate the user

Geolocate the user and then track their current location on the map using the GeolocateControl.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset='utf-8' />
<title>Locate the user</title>
<meta name='viewport' content='initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no' />
<script src='https://api.tiles.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v1.6.0/mapbox-gl.js'></script>
<link href='https://api.tiles.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v1.6.0/mapbox-gl.css' rel='stylesheet' />
<style>
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; };
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id='map'></div>
<script>
mapboxgl.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: 'map', // container id
style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11',
center: [-96, 37.8], // starting position
zoom: 3 // starting zoom
});
 
// Add geolocate control to the map.
map.addControl(new mapboxgl.GeolocateControl({
positionOptions: {
enableHighAccuracy: true
},
trackUserLocation: true
}));
</script>
 
</body>
</html>

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