Line crossing the date line

Using unwrapped coordinates to cross the line

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Line crossing the date line</title>
<meta name='viewport' content='initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no' />
<script src='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.1.1/mapbox.js'></script>
<link href='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.1.1/mapbox.css' rel='stylesheet' />
<style>
  body { margin:0; padding:0; }
  #map { position:absolute; top:0; bottom:0; width:100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div id='map'></div>

<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var map = L.mapbox.map('map', 'mapbox.streets')
    .setView([37.9, -77], 6);

L.geoJson({
    type: 'Feature',
    geometry: {
        type: 'LineString',
        // The coordinate -233.9 is technically invalid but Leaflet
        // permits it because it can imply the direction of wrapping -
        // to wrap in a direction, you can add or subtract 360 from
        // the desired end coordinate.
        coordinates: [[-77, 37.9], [-233.9, 36.5]]
    },
    properties: {
    "stroke": "#ff8888",
    "stroke-opacity": 1,
    "stroke-width": 4,
    }
  }, { style: L.mapbox.simplestyle.style }).addTo(map);
</script>

to create your own custom map and use it in this example.

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