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Arc.js

Drawing a great arc with arc.js

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Arc.js</title>
<meta name='viewport' content='initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no' />
<script src='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.3.1/mapbox.js'></script>
<link href='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.3.1/mapbox.css' rel='stylesheet' />
<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.js/plugins/arc.js/v0.1.0/arc.js'></script>
<div id='map'></div>

<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var map = L.mapbox.map('map')
    .setView([42.87596410238254, -100.546875], 4)
    .addLayer(L.mapbox.styleLayer('mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11'));

// Start and end points, in x = longitude, y = latitude values
var start = { x: -122, y: 48 };
var end = { x: -77, y: 39 };
var generator = new arc.GreatCircle(start, end, { name: 'Seattle to DC' });
var line = generator.Arc(100, { offset: 10 });
L.geoJson(line.json()).addTo(map);
</script>
</body>
</html>
to create your own custom map and use it in this example.
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