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Fit to the bounds of a LineString

Get the bounds of a LineString by passing its first coordinates to LngLatBounds and chaining extend to include the last coordinates.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Fit to the bounds of a LineString</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<link href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.9.1/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.9.1/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<style>
.btn-control {
font:
bold 12px/20px 'Helvetica Neue',
Arial,
Helvetica,
sans-serif;
background-color: #3386c0;
color: #fff;
position: absolute;
top: 20px;
left: 50%;
z-index: 1;
border: none;
width: 200px;
margin-left: -100px;
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
padding: 10px 20px;
border-radius: 3px;
}

.btn-control:hover {
background-color: #4ea0da;
}
</style>
<div id="map"></div>
<button id="zoomto" class="btn-control">Zoom to bounds</button>

<script>
// TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST
// ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN FROM
// https://account.mapbox.com
mapboxgl.accessToken = 'YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN';
// A GeoJSON object with a LineString route from the White House to Capitol Hill
const geojson = {
'type': 'FeatureCollection',
'features': [
{
'type': 'Feature',
'geometry': {
'type': 'LineString',
'coordinates': [
[-77.0366048812866, 38.89873175227713],
[-77.03364372253417, 38.89876515143842],
[-77.03364372253417, 38.89549195896866],
[-77.02982425689697, 38.89549195896866],
[-77.02400922775269, 38.89387200688839],
[-77.01519012451172, 38.891416957534204],
[-77.01521158218382, 38.892068305429156],
[-77.00813055038452, 38.892051604275686],
[-77.00832366943358, 38.89143365883688],
[-77.00818419456482, 38.89082405874451],
[-77.00815200805664, 38.88989712255097]
]
},
'properties': {}
}
]
};

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/light-v11',
center: [-77.0214, 38.897],
zoom: 12
});

map.on('load', () => {
map.addSource('LineString', {
'type': 'geojson',
'data': geojson
});
map.addLayer({
'id': 'LineString',
'type': 'line',
'source': 'LineString',
'layout': {
'line-join': 'round',
'line-cap': 'round'
},
'paint': {
'line-color': '#BF93E4',
'line-width': 5
}
});

document.getElementById('zoomto').addEventListener('click', () => {
// Geographic coordinates of the LineString
const coordinates = geojson.features[0].geometry.coordinates;

// Create a 'LngLatBounds' with both corners at the first coordinate.
const bounds = new mapboxgl.LngLatBounds(
coordinates[0],
coordinates[0]
);

// Extend the 'LngLatBounds' to include every coordinate in the bounds result.
for (const coord of coordinates) {
bounds.extend(coord);
}

map.fitBounds(bounds, {
padding: 20
});
});
});
</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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