Limit geocoder results to a named region
This example uses the mapbox-gl-geocoder control to enable users to search for places using Mapbox Geocoding API, limiting search results to a region.
When it uses map.addControl to add the control to the map, it creates a MapboxGeocoder object and defines restrictions for search results by using the optional parameters countries, bbox, and filter.
Search for a place like Starbucks to see search results restricted to the specified region, New South Wales in Australia.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Limit geocoder results to a named region</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>
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-geocoder/v5.0.3/mapbox-gl-geocoder.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-geocoder/v5.0.3/mapbox-gl-geocoder.css" type="text/css">
<div id="map"></div>
<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/satellite-streets-v12',
center: [146.359, -32.648],
zoom: 4
});
map.addControl(
new MapboxGeocoder({
accessToken: mapboxgl.accessToken,
// Limit seach results to Australia.
countries: 'au',
// Use a bounding box to further limit results
// to the geographic bounds representing the
// region of New South Wales.
bbox: [139.965, -38.03, 155.258, -27.839],
// Apply a client-side filter to further limit results
// to those strictly within the New South Wales region.
filter: function (item) {
// returns true if item contains New South Wales region
return item.context.some((i) => {
// ID is in the form {index}.{id} per https://github.com/mapbox/carmen/blob/master/carmen-geojson.md
// This example searches for the `region`
// named `New South Wales`.
return (
i.id.split('.').shift() === 'region' &&
i.text === 'New South Wales'
);
});
},
mapboxgl: mapboxgl
})
);
</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.import React, { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
import mapboxgl from 'mapbox-gl';
import MapboxGeocoder from '@mapbox/mapbox-gl-geocoder';
import 'mapbox-gl/dist/mapbox-gl.css';
import '@mapbox/mapbox-gl-geocoder/dist/mapbox-gl-geocoder.css';
const MapboxExample = () => {
const mapContainerRef = useRef();
const mapRef = useRef();
useEffect(() => {
// TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST
// ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN FROM
// https://account.mapbox.com
mapboxgl.accessToken = 'YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN';
mapRef.current = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: mapContainerRef.current,
style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/satellite-streets-v12',
center: [146.359, -32.648],
zoom: 4
});
mapRef.current.addControl(
new MapboxGeocoder({
accessToken: mapboxgl.accessToken,
countries: 'au',
bbox: [139.965, -38.03, 155.258, -27.839],
filter: function (item) {
return item.context.some((i) => {
return (
i.id.split('.').shift() === 'region' &&
i.text === 'New South Wales'
);
});
},
mapboxgl: mapboxgl
})
);
return () => {
mapRef.current.remove();
};
}, []);
return <div ref={mapContainerRef} style={{ height: '100%' }} />;
};
export default MapboxExample;
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