Create markers from HTML
Use L.divIcon to create custom HTML markers.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Create markers from HTML</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>
<style>
/*
* Unlike other icons, you can style `L.divIcon` with CSS.
* These styles make each marker a pink triangle.
*/
.css-icon {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 30px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 30px solid transparent;
border-left: 30px solid #ff8888;
}
</style>
<div id='map'></div>
<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var map = L.mapbox.map('map')
.setView([0, 0], 2)
.addLayer(L.mapbox.styleLayer('mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11'));
// Define an icon called cssIcon
var cssIcon = L.divIcon({
// Specify a class name we can refer to in CSS.
className: 'css-icon',
// Set marker width and height
iconSize: [60, 60]
});
// Create three markers and set their icons to cssIcon
L.marker([45, 45], {icon: cssIcon}).addTo(map);
L.marker([0, 0], {icon: cssIcon}).addTo(map);
L.marker([-45, -45], {icon: cssIcon}).addTo(map);
</script>
Get a free Mapbox account to create your own custom map and use it in this example.
Use this example by copying its source into your own HTML page and
replacing the Map ID
with
one of your own from your projects.
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