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L.mapbox.geocoderControl(id|url, options)

Adds geocoder functionality as well as a UI element to a map. This uses the Mapbox Geocoding API.

Options Value Description
id or url (required) string Either a
  • An geocoder index ID, e.g. mapbox.places
  • A geocoder API URL, like https://api.mapbox.com/geocoding/v5/mapbox.places/{query}.json
options object An options argument with the same options as the L.Control class, as well as:
  • keepOpen: a boolean for whether the control will stay open always rather than being toggled. Default false. See live example.
  • accessToken: Mapbox API access token. Overrides L.mapbox.accessToken for this control.
  • autocomplete: automatically search and show results as you type. Default: false.

The options object can also include queryOptions which are passed to the geocoder.query method: see that method for full documentation of those options.

Example:

var map = L.map('map')
    .setView([37, -77], 5)
    .addControl(L.mapbox.geocoderControl('mapbox.places'));

Returns a L.mapbox.geocoderControl object.

Class: L.mapbox.GeocoderControl

geocoderControl.setURL(url)

Set the url used for geocoding.

Options Value Description
url string A geocoding url

Returns: the geocoder control object

geocoderControl.setID(id)

Set the tileset ID used for geocoding.

Options Value Description
id string A tileset ID to geocode from

Returns: the geocoder control object

geocoderControl.setTileJSON(tilejson)

Set the TileJSON used for geocoding.

Options Value Description
tilejson object A TileJSON object

Returns: the geocoder object

geocoderControl.on(event, callback)

Bind a listener to an event emitted by the geocoder control. Supported additional events are

Event Description
found A successful search. The event's results property contains the raw results.
notfound A search request succeeded but didn't find any results.
error A network error. The event's error property contains the raw HTTP error.
select Fired when the user selects a location from a list of options returned from a geocoding request. The event's feature property contains the selected GeoJSON Feature.
autoselect Fired when the control automatically selects the first result of a query that returns only one result, and repositions the map accordingly. The event's feature property contains the selected GeoJSON feature.