Draw & animate a line on a map

Create a sine wave by dynamically drawing a polyline on a map.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Draw &amp; animate a line on a map</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([0, 0], 3);

// Add a new line to the map with no points.
var polyline = L.polyline([]).addTo(map);

// Keep a tally of how many points we've added to the map.
var pointsAdded = 0;

// Start drawing the polyline.
add();

function add() {

    // `addLatLng` takes a new latLng coordinate and puts it at the end of the
    // line. You optionally pull points from your data or generate them. Here
    // we make a sine wave with some math.
    polyline.addLatLng(
        L.latLng(
            Math.cos(pointsAdded / 20) * 30,
            pointsAdded));

    // Pan the map along with where the line is being added.
    map.setView([0, pointsAdded], 3);

    // Continue to draw and pan the map by calling `add()`
    // until `pointsAdded` reaches 360.
    if (++pointsAdded < 360) window.setTimeout(add, 100);
}
</script>

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

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