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/v2.13.0/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet"><script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.13.0/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/v5.0.0/mapbox-gl-geocoder.min.js"></script><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-geocoder/v5.0.0/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 Studiostyle: '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 regionreturn 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>