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Custom tooltip

Define custom HTML for popups from marker properties.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Custom tooltip</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>
<div id='map'></div>

<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var map = L.mapbox.map('map')
    .setView([49.16326, -123.89187], 17)
    .addLayer(L.mapbox.styleLayer('mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11'));

var featureLayer = L.mapbox.featureLayer({
        type: 'FeatureCollection',
        features: [{
            type: 'Feature',
            properties: {
                'from': 'Duke Point',
                'to': 'Tsawwassen',
                'marker-color': '#548cba',
                'marker-size': 'large',
                'marker-symbol': 'ferry'
            },
            geometry: {
                type: 'Point',
                coordinates: [-123.89128804206847, 49.16351524490678]
            }
        }]
    })
    .addTo(map);

// Note that calling `.eachLayer` here depends on setting GeoJSON _directly_
// above. If you're loading GeoJSON asynchronously, like from CSV or from a file,
// you will need to do this within a `featureLayer.on('ready'` event.
featureLayer.eachLayer(function(layer) {

    // here you call `bindPopup` with a string of HTML you create - the feature
    // properties declared above are available under `layer.feature.properties`
    var content = '<h2>A ferry ride!<\/h2>' +
        '<p>From: ' + layer.feature.properties.from + '<br \/>' +
        'to: ' + layer.feature.properties.to + '<\/p>';
    layer.bindPopup(content);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
to create your own custom map and use it in this example.
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