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Use a custom camera animation with a geocoder

This example uses camera animation options with the mapbox-gl-geocoder control to create a custom flyTo animation when the user selects a search result returned by the Mapbox Geocoding API.

Search for a place like Port-au-Prince to see the animation.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Use a custom camera animation with a geocoder</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/dark-v11',
center: [-66.065437, 18.423933], // Center the map at San Juan, Puerto Rico.
zoom: 10
});

const geocoder = new MapboxGeocoder({
accessToken: mapboxgl.accessToken,
flyTo: {
bearing: 0,
// Control the flight curve, making it move slowly and
// zoom out almost completely before starting to pan.
speed: 0.2, // Make the flying slow.
curve: 1, // Change the speed at which it zooms out.
// This can be any easing function: it takes a number between
// 0 and 1 and returns another number between 0 and 1.
easing: function (t) {
return t;
}
},
mapboxgl: mapboxgl
});

// Add the geocoder to the map/
map.addControl(geocoder);
</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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