Heatmap from markers

Create a heat map showing concentrations from marker data.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Heatmap from 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>

<script src='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/plugins/leaflet-heat/v0.1.3/leaflet-heat.js'></script>
<div id='map'></div>

<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var map = L.mapbox.map('map', 'mapbox.light'),
    // The maxZoom states which zoom the markers are fully opaque at -
    // in this case, there are few markers far apart, so we set it low.
    heat = L.heatLayer([], { maxZoom: 12 }).addTo(map);

// We're just using a featureLayer to pull marker data from Mapbox -
// this is not added to the map.
var layer = L.mapbox.featureLayer('examples.map-zr0njcqy').on('ready', function() {
    // Zoom the map to the bounds of the markers.
    map.fitBounds(layer.getBounds());
    // Add each marker point to the heatmap.
    layer.eachLayer(function(l) {
        heat.addLatLng(l.getLatLng());
    });
});
</script>

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

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