Searching for markers

Use setFilter as a fast search to filter out markers based on a user query.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Searching for markers</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>

<style>
.search-ui {
  position:absolute;
  top:10px;
  right:10px;
  z-index:1000;
  }
</style>

<!-- jQuery is required for this example. -->
<script src='https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js'></script>
<script src='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/plugins/leaflet-omnivore/v0.2.0/leaflet-omnivore.min.js'></script>
<div id='map'></div>
<input id='search' class='search-ui' placeholder='Enter state code' />

<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var map = L.mapbox.map('map', 'mapbox.streets')
    .setView([40, -95], 4);

var featureLayer = L.mapbox.featureLayer().addTo(map);

$('#search').keyup(search);

var csvLayer = omnivore.csv('/mapbox.js/assets/data/airports.csv', null, L.mapbox.featureLayer())
    .addTo(map);

function search() {
    // get the value of the search input field
    var searchString = $('#search').val().toLowerCase();

    csvLayer.setFilter(showState);

    // here we're simply comparing the 'state' property of each marker
    // to the search string, seeing whether the former contains the latter.
    function showState(feature) {
        return feature.properties.state
            .toLowerCase()
            .indexOf(searchString) !== -1;
    }
}
</script>

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

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