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Leaflet Draw
Add drawing tools for users to author shapes using the Leaflet Draw plugin.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Leaflet Draw</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>
<link href='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/plugins/leaflet-draw/v0.4.10/leaflet.draw.css' rel='stylesheet' />
<script src='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/plugins/leaflet-draw/v0.4.10/leaflet.draw.js'></script>
<div id='map'></div>
<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var map = L.mapbox.map('map')
.setView([38.89399, -77.03659], 17)
.addLayer(L.mapbox.styleLayer('mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11'));
var featureGroup = L.featureGroup().addTo(map);
// Define circle options
// http://leafletjs.com/reference.html#circle
var circle_options = {
color: '#fff', // Stroke color
opacity: 1, // Stroke opacity
weight: 10, // Stroke weight
fillColor: '#000', // Fill color
fillOpacity: 0.6 // Fill opacity
};
var circle_one = L.circle([38.89415, -77.03738], 20, circle_options).addTo(featureGroup);
var circle_two = L.circle([38.89415, -77.03578], 20, circle_options).addTo(featureGroup);
// Create array of lat,lon points
var line_points = [
[38.893596444352134, -77.0381498336792],
[38.89337933372204, -77.03792452812195],
[38.89316222242831, -77.03761339187622],
[38.893028615148424, -77.03731298446655],
[38.892920059048464, -77.03691601753235],
[38.892903358095296, -77.03637957572937],
[38.89301191422077, -77.03592896461487],
[38.89316222242831, -77.03549981117249],
[38.89340438498248, -77.03514575958252],
[38.893596444352134, -77.0349633693695]
];
// Define polyline options
// http://leafletjs.com/reference.html#polyline
var polyline_options = {
color: '#000'
};
// Defining a polygon here instead of a polyline will connect the
// endpoints and fill the path.
// http://leafletjs.com/reference.html#polygon
var polyline = L.polyline(line_points, polyline_options).addTo(featureGroup);
var drawControl = new L.Control.Draw({
edit: {
featureGroup: featureGroup
}
}).addTo(map);
map.on('draw:created', function(e) {
featureGroup.addLayer(e.layer);
});
</script>
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replacing the Map ID
with
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